J street is minding the mainstream the progressive pro israel group has gone from outsider to political kingmakerand a target for leftwing activists. The israel lobby at times called the zionist lobby is the diverse coalition of those who, as individuals andor as groups, seek to influence the foreign policy of the united states in support of israel or the policies of the government of israel. This dangerous bill erases the distinction between israel and the occupied territory it controls, blurring the green line under the guise of combating bds. The largest proisrael lobbying group is christians united. J street ally promotes antisemitic slander commentary. How the democrats, j street, and the jewish left have undermined. J street challenges the israel lobby from within cnnpolitics. J street is more concerned with pushing its anti israel agenda in congress than supporting candidates that are actually pro israel. J street officials and jewschool activists have long worked together to paper over the antisemitism of occupy wall street, albeit sometimes with each being once removed from their home organizations.
She also identifies george soros as the individual who first raised the prospect of a jewish anti israel lobby in october 2006. J street spokeswoman forgets groups antiisrael bias. Berkeley jewish student union labels j street chapter. Jun, 2014 it calls itself the political home for proisrael, propeace americanseffectively accusing anyone outside its circle of being either antiisrael or antipeace. Since our founding, j street has regularly commissioned polls to keep track of american jewish public opinion on israel and the israelipalestinian conflict. Israel is the most extraordinary collective achievement of the jewish people in thousands.
But the heart of the democratic party has moved against israel. Kennedy school of government, was one of the most controversial articles in recent memory. I went back and i read every single j street press release from the first day of its existence. J street organizes and mobilizes pro israel, propeace americans who want israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the jewish people. By supporting antiisrael candidates and attacking proisrael candidates, j. J street, a liberal proisrael advocacy group, hosted five of the democratic. In a pandemic, proisrael lobbies move into the home office j. Brog said that j street continues to undermine its credibility and erode what little support it still has in the proisrael world. Foreign policy would not be taken seriously if not for the reputations and associations of the authors. It is not antisemitism to say that the netanyahu government has been. Truth in advertising requires that at the very least j street stop proclaiming itself as proisrael.
J streets call on the us administration not to veto yet another biased resolution makes as much sense as turning to ehud olmert to teach political ethics. The respected polling firm gba strategies has conducted these polls, including polls of american jewish voters on every election night since 2010. Caroline glick wrote that the anti israel jewish lobby j street, supported by several other jewish groups supports the white houses hostile positions on israel as ends unto themselves. Kennedy school of government at harvard, entitled the israel lobby and u. She is working on a book on george soros for harper books. For a growing jewish political lobby group that claims to represent americans who support israel and its desire for security as the jewish homeland, j street seems to be advocating the very. Oct 23, 2009 the israeli ambassador has refused to attend the conference, while the traditional pro israel lobby has accused j street of being obsequious to terrorists and hostile to israel and a. Foreign policy in mearsheimer and walts cartography, the israel lobby is not limited to aipac, the american israel public affairs committee. The political home for proisrael, propeace americans j street. Jstreet leaders qatari and other antiisrael connections j streets executive director, jeremy ben ami, served as senior vicepresident of fenton communications which, in march 2009, signed contracts with a qatari foundation to lead an 18monthlong antiisrael campaign in the united states with a special focus on. The israel lobby is one of the most powerful and pervasive special interest groups in the u.
Jstreet exposed j street sides with israels enemies pro. Jeremy benami of the liberal lobbying group j street is the man of the. The israel lobby and us foreign policy by professors john j. If sanders and j street were proisrael, they would echo the israeli left, which. The real problem with j street, though, has less to do with its specific political positions, or the identities of its funders, or.
Their opposition to antibds legislation shows the answer. Not only is jstreet opposed to the positions of most american jews, it also opposes the position of more than 80 per cent of israelis. I have never proposed denying freedom of expression. The mearsheimer and walt controversy and the rise of j street abstract in this thesis, i investigate the influence of the proisrael lobby, as a means of assessing more generally the role of interest groups in shaping american public policy, and whether the socalled lobbies that cant be beat are truly. As your constituent, i urge you to oppose the israel anti boycott act h. The reality is that j street plays a critical role as part and parcel of the anti israel lobby in. Its leaders have the chutzpah to claim that they know better than israelis what is good for israel. J street always criticizes israel and never praises israel. Israel lobby splits could lead to twostate solution.
Jewish voice for peace, a group that opposes antijewish, anti muslim, and. J street is not a proisrael organization j streets approach is arrogant and paternalistic. Iran and were against the hard concessions necessary for peace in israel. Harvards paper on israel drew from neonazi sites, meghan clyne, new york sun, march 24, 2006 duke 1, harvard 0, james taranto, best of the web, opinionjournal, march 20, 2006 harvard attack on israel lobby is actually a targeting of american public, prof. Jewish groups across board defend j street against anti semitic label by state legislator liberal jewish group says alan clemmons accusation completely unacceptable. Foreign policy would not be taken seriously if not for the reputations and. Jewish voice for peace, a group that opposes antijewish, antimuslim, and. J street policy principles on the global bds movement and boycotts, divestment. On the face of it, j street stands for what the rest of the proisrael lobby stands for.
Sep 06, 2007 the israel lobby and us foreign policy by professors john j. Mearsheimer of the university of chicago and stephen m. Americas generosity toward israel is beyond compare in modern history. J streets proisrael stance is phoney isi leibler opinion the. Dmfi in reality represents a minority of proisrael democrats who seem more concerned with targeting progressives over israel policy than with confronting the destructive agenda of donald trump, j street president jeremy benami said in a statement.
Harvard professor alan dershowitz recently stated april 2014. Caroline glick wrote that the antiisrael jewish lobby j street, supported by several other jewish groups supports the white houses hostile positions on israel as ends unto themselves. Israel lobby splits could lead to twostate solution, professor says. J street does believe that israel should be a national homeland. Jstreet exposed j street sides with israels enemies.
It would be hard to think of two more appropriate partners for the j street conference. J street is the political home for proisrael, propeace americans. Jews lobby nonjews to browbeat jews what do you call that. Mar 21, 2012 j street officials and jewschool activists have long worked together to paper over the antisemitism of occupy wall street, albeit sometimes with each being once removed from their home organizations. The political home for proisrael, propeace americans. Berkeley jewish student union labels j street chapter anti. Boost for j street as obama adviser attends conference, but israeli ambassador will.
J street spokeswoman forgets groups antiisrael bias j street israel director slams trumps pick for ambassador, cant recall incidents where j street refused to work with proisrael groups. As rockets and missiles traced the skies over gaza and israel, every side of the conflict swarmed cable news and social media to stake a claim to the higher moral ground, amplifying the debate. Jstreet always criticizes israel and never praises israel. I went back and i read every single jstreet press release from the first day of its existence. That should leave the jewish group that has embraced yarmouththe leftwing lobby j streetwith some questions as to whether they are prepared to draw a line between their own campaign against netanyahu and slander of israel and proisrael members of congress.
J street, the liberal jewish middle east policy group, called on the group to remove the antisanders ads in nevada. J street cannot claim to be proisrael while influencing elections in america to turn the american government against israel. Marie newman who was supported by sanders, warren and aoc managed to oust incumbent dan lipinski and supports conditioning aid to israel. As you know, j street has serious concerns with the israel antiboycott act s. When one disagrees with j streets approach and policies because they feel that their public positions critical of israel are not proisrael and do not serve israels interests, j street cites. How both are possible is not understandable but that is their official position. The antiisrael and antiethical statement of j street should serve as a warning for israeli politicians and leftwing activists, including members of my party, against supporting and identifying with j street, as they have done in the past. Proisrael lobby loses ally as progressives score win in illinois. Foreign policy r wendell harrison distinguished service professor of political science codirector of the program on international security policy john j mearsheimer, john j.
Foreign policy kindle edition by mearsheimer, john j. The impression one gets is that jstreet wants to maintain its ties to radical antiisrael bds groups. Jan 26, 2015 that should leave the jewish group that has embraced yarmouththe leftwing lobby j streetwith some questions as to whether they are prepared to draw a line between their own campaign against netanyahu and slander of israel and proisrael members of congress. J street is more concerned with pushing its antiisrael agenda in congress than supporting candidates that are actually proisrael. Jewish groups across board defend j street against anti. J street, a reliable foe of bds, urges congress to oppose. Foreign policy march 24, 2006 the article by john j. That venue was aipac, the hawkish american israel public affairs committee, which describes. Dec, 2011 berkeley jewish student union labels j street chapter antiisrael. This makes j street only a more mealymouthed wing of the israel lobby rather than advocates for real justice, prudence. As your constituent, i urge you to oppose the israel antiboycott act h.
I want to stand up and be counted as a j street member sign. The controversial tome challenging the might of the pro israel lobby is nonetheless accused of shoddy scholarship much as when the authors shorter paper on the subject in 2006 unexpectedly burst the bubble of a lobby unaccustomed to challenge and reprimand. J street is minding the mainstream the new republic. Finally the question arises to what extend the proisrael lobby ultimately determines the military and political importance of israel itself. J street organizes and mobilizes proisrael, propeace americans who want israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the jewish people. Jul 24, 2014 as rockets and missiles traced the skies over gaza and israel, every side of the conflict swarmed cable news and social media to stake a claim to the higher moral ground, amplifying the debate. Oct 02, 2007 the israel lobby and us foreign policy by john j. Walt thou the cover of this copy was in rough shape and by the some of stuff in this book is dated by now the book published in 2007 and article the book is based on came out 2006 is very educational and informative and also is fairly easy to read and. The controversial tome challenging the might of the proisrael lobby is nonetheless accused of shoddy scholarship much as when the authors shorter paper on the subject in 2006 unexpectedly burst the bubble of a lobby unaccustomed to challenge and. Working in american politics and the jewish community, we advocate policies that advance shared us and israeli interests as well as jewish and democratic values, leading to a twostate solution to the israelipalestinian conflict. Jul 20, 2017 as you know, j street has serious concerns with the israel antiboycott act s. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Foreign policy is a book by john mearsheimer, professor of political science at the university of chicago, and stephen walt, professor of international relations at the kennedy school of government at harvard university, published in late august 2007. J street j street is an antijewish lobby and organization that seeks the destruction of israel and the persecution of jews.
Backlash over book on policy for israel the new york times. It consists of a multitude of institutions and individuals that work to influence congress, the president, academia, the media, religious institutions, and. J street is an antiisrael, proiranian and propalestinian lobby run by american jews. The lobby consists of secular, christian, and jewishamerican individuals and groups. Berkeley jewish student union labels j street chapter antiisrael. J street is currently promoting a petition on its website demanding that congress. The nature of the proisrael lobbys influence on the american. J street can no longer claim to be pro israel huffpost. J street comes to israel this week, claiming to be proisrael. Its leaders have the chutzpah to claim that they know better than israelis. October 06, 2017 information clearing house ten years ago, john mearsheimer and i published a controversial article and subsequent book examining the impact of the israel lobby that is, a loose coalition of proisrael individuals and organizations like the american israel public affairs. It calls itself the political home for proisrael, propeace americanseffectively accusing anyone outside its circle of being either antiisrael or antipeace.
The israeli ambassador has refused to attend the conference, while the traditional proisrael lobby has accused j street of being obsequious to terrorists and hostile to israel and a. By supporting anti israel candidates and attacking pro israel candidates, j. J streets benami on zionism and military aid to israel the atlantic. J street cannot claim to be pro israel while influencing elections in america to turn the american government against israel. This lobby group reminds me of the jewish communists. Louis farrakhan, the antisemitic leader of the nation of islam movement. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the israel lobby and u. J street comes to israel this week, claiming to be pro israel. The mearsheimer and walt controversy and the rise of j street abstract in this thesis, i investigate the influence of the proisrael lobby, as a means of assessing more generally the role of interest groups in shaping american public policy, and. The real problem with j street, though, has less to do with its specific political positions, or the identities of its funders, or its disturbing willingness to give forums to. J street lobby group works to loosen big beasts grip on congress. Because a direct, open confrontation against israel and the jewish people would never succeed, j street has disguised its aims by claiming to be proisrael but antizionist. The tools it employs are demoralization and deceit. Colonel lawrence wilkerson colin powells ex chiefofstaff explains how the lobbys influence affects the decisionmaking structure in the white house.
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