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Hasan Piker speaks at a campaign rally for Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan, April 7, 2026, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 21, 2026, 1:06 pm
J Street defends co-sponsoring college Democrats event featuring Hasan Piker
Liberal pro-Israel group says it funded exhibit table and had no say in who spoke at conference in Washington, DC, amid blowback over presence of controversial far-left streamer
By Grace Gilson
Social Equality Minister May Golan speaks in the plenum of the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 20, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2026, 9:22 pm
Ambassador to US slams minister’s ‘disgusting’ remark that Reform rabbi marries dogs
Yechiel Leiter’s condemnation of May Golan’s attack on MK Gilad Kariv comes as over 500 Jewish leaders demand envoy himself apologize for calling J Street a ‘cancer’ in Jewish community
By Jacob Magid, ToI Staff and JTA
Then-US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the J Street National Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, December 4, 2022. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
May 1, 2026, 8:07 pm
Once the left wing of US Jewry, is J Street now the new center?
Lobby’s views haven’t moderated, but as Democratic support for Israel has fallen, its effort to push back on anti-Zionism has moved it into the mainstream — awkwardly for Israel
By Ben Sales
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the opening event of the 39th Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, October 28, 2025 (courtesy)
October 29, 2025, 4:30 pm
World Zionist Congress leaders preach unity as delegates spar over Jewish future
Opening night of the ‘parliament of the Jewish people’ is filled with festivities even as debate flares between right and left, secular and religious, over where critical funding will go
By Zev Stub
J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami addresses the liberal Zionist group’s annual conference in Washington, DC, in October 2019. (Courtesy)
August 5, 2025, 9:23 am
J Street head says he’s now convinced Israel committing genocide in Gaza
Jeremy Ben-Ami explains he has been ‘persuaded rationally’ by legal and scholarly arguments, stresses that though he won’t use term himself, he won’t argue against it either
By JTA and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2025, 7:45 pm
‘Horrific’ or ‘major step’ to peace? US Jewish groups react to Trump’s Gaza proposal
American president’s call to relocate enclave’s residents elicits revulsion from liberal Jewish groups, excitement from those on the right
By PHILISSA CRAMER
US President Donald Trump smiles as he signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
January 29, 2025, 5:53 am
Could Donald Trump become liberal Zionists’ next hero?
Mixed signals as new US president helps clinch Gaza agreement, appears intent on Israeli-Saudi deal requiring path to Palestinian state, while making moves favorable to pro-settler right
By Ben Sales
Rep. Jamaal Bowman cries at a vigil outside the White House to demand that US President Joe Biden call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, November 29, 2023. (Nathan Howard/AP Photo)
January 30, 2024, 9:33 am
J Street pulls Jamaal Bowman endorsement over anti-Israel rhetoric since October 7
Left-wing lobby group says Democratic New York Congressman, seeking reelection, has ‘crossed the line’ with his ‘framing and approach,’ including genocide accusation
By New York Jewish Week via JTA and ToI Staff
Then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at Washington Convention Center, in Washington, March 25, 2019. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
July 29, 2022, 11:34 am
Huge AIPAC investment in primaries is paying off — but at what price down the road?
Criticized for making Israel ‘extra-polarizing issue,’ unclear how lobby will navigate US general elections as endorsed candidates from opposing parties may run against each other
By Ron Kampeas
Then-US vice president Joseph Biden, left, walks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 10, 2010. (AP/Tara Todras-Whitehill/File)
April 18, 2021, 11:53 pm
In J Street speech, Abbas urges Biden to scrap US law deeming PLO a terror group
PA president calls 1987 Anti-Terrorism Act the main obstacle to developing US-Palestinian ties, hints Ramallah will take own steps to improve relations
By Jacob Magid
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wears a mask upon his arriving to head the Palestinian leadership meeting at his headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on May 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, Pool)
April 16, 2021, 8:12 pm
Abbas to address J Street confab as group seeks to top DC’s Israel lobby scene
PA president expected to thank Biden for restoring aid while urging further steps, and to express continued support for two-state solution while castigating Israel over settlements
By Jacob Magid
Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House as they sign the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, March 26, 1979. (AP/Bob Daugherty)
April 13, 2021, 7:45 am
J Street to present Carter with peacemaker award for brokering Israel-Egypt deal
Ex-US president, who has fraught relations with parts of pro-Israel community, will not accept honor from liberal group in person
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 4th National J Street Conference at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on September 30, 2013. (Ron Sachs/J Street)
November 20, 2020, 3:28 am
Eyeing simpatico White House, J Street readies to lobby for Iran deal reentry
Highlighting allies in administration, liberal group’s president says he’ll push returning to ‘balanced’ approach on Israel, acknowledges issue won’t be a top priority for Biden
By Jacob Magid
Israel's outgoing ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the central Israeli city of Ra'anana, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
July 29, 2020, 1:46 am
Returning UN envoy: Israel won’t suffer for tight Trump ties
Danny Danon says he believes bipartisan support for Israel is still strong, but is relieved that Bernie Sanders, who he calls a ‘radical’ voice, did not win Democratic nomination
By Aron Heller
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, January 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
July 16, 2020, 3:21 am
In Washington, a debate over conditioning US aid to Israel heats up
With Netanyahu claiming to be on the brink of annexing parts of the West Bank, moderate Democrats are calling for fundamental changes to America’s funding policy
By Eric Cortellessa
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