Tag Archives: Jeremy Ben-Ami

Ben-Ami: I advocate for Israel, Palestinian groups should advocate for Palestinian human rights

J Street President says that Palestinian human rights is not his portfolio

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‘J Street’ honorably opposes McCarthyism in Israeli civil society (but what about ethnically-cleansed Palestinians?)

The other day J Street’s Jeremy Ben-Ami sent me another entreaty to help him “save Israel.” This one was grabbed a little more of my attention than the last one. Matthew — Yesterday, in a move ripped from Joe McCarthy’s … Continue reading

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J Street asks: ‘What if Israel Ceases to be a Democracy?’ (Pssst…it never was)

Another J Street fundraising pitch lands in my inbox: Matthew — “What If Israel Ceases to Be a Democracy?” was the provocative headline of a must-read Monday blog post by the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg imagining the unthinkable in Israel… His … Continue reading

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J Street is shunned by Reform synagogue in Newton (amid talk of ‘donors’)

Astonishing. A J Street event is cancelled by a Reform Newton synagogue due to fierce opposition by a small group inside the congregation. And they have money. This is why Barney Frank has said that he can’t come out against … Continue reading

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‘Forward’: J Street weathers attack, still has access

Two weeks ago neocons launched an attack on J Street by publishing the unsurprising revelation that the alternative Jewish lobby had gotten money from George Soros. The Washington Times declared that the Obama administration was distancing itself from J Street– … Continue reading

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