J-Street appears clueless regarding the sole aim of Palestinianism which has nothing to do about land! They have absolutely shut their eyes about every effort and every peace offer made by Israel, and the fact they all ended in Jewish bloodshed! The only function they serve is a twisted view of reality used by the activist media to get a misrepresented Jewish point of view. They have rendered themselves irrelevant and dillusional even after the 2nd intafada! Their behavior post October 7 is hideous beyond description!
My question is why do these so-called lovers of peace and equality and liberty not stand against the 57 Islamic states, or the 14 Christian states where Christianity is the state religion? They somehow have no problem supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Turkey, the Taliban controlling Afghanistan, or all the other Muslim states, but a Jewish state, that is forbidden. No wonder Israelis look upon most American Jews with disgust when the American Jews go hysterical if an Israeli politician would tell American Jews in effect how they should live and die from decisions made in Israel. But these American Jews have no problem, sitting in their bubble wrapped houses, have no terror groups a few metres from where they live, telling Israel they should accept murdered Israelis only so these American Jews be loved by their Jew hating "friends".
Has Jeremy ever written or spoken about Palestinian values? Are there any treatises or scholarly discussions to assess how close Palestinian actions have matched or incorporated those values?
And unless we stop him he will continue to paint us as the villains, he is a race traitor and needs to be dealt with as such, a few broken bones would fix the problem, if it does not than the train-yard will do complete the cycle of education that him and his kind need, I am harsh I know this, but until everyone wakes up to see exactly how bad the evil is we are facing, we have less than 25 years left to survive, its a simple fact, islam will have nuclear weapons within the next 15 years guaranteed, and they will use them on the Jews and the west.
If Ben-Ami is applying a higher moral standard to Israelis than to the Arabs, notably Palestinian Arabs, expecting more from the Jews, then that makes him a racist. And a hypocrite.
Jewish values also don't require Jews to commit suicide.
Dishonesty and gaslighting are what the left is all about.
JStreet is neither pro-Israel or pro-democracy.
JStreet demands Israel to turn into a bi-national state which would undoubtably be a death sentence for Jews.
It doesn't however demand the same of Israel's neighbors who are allowed to be defined as exclusively Arab/muslim states with no real democratic elections or human rights.
Funny how the left condemns the only free, pluralistic democratic nation in the region with LGBTQ rights and that possesses all of the liberal attributes which the left claims to be for.
Yet they support the very nations and people who are diametrically opposed to the liberal ideals they supposedly support.
There is nothing truly liberal about the left, they are totalitarian in nature.
I didn't see J Street at the Israel parade previous Sunday in NYC. And the weather was great! So non attendance can't be the weather. Maybe I missed their contingent. In fact among the yeshivas and Yeshiva U and Brandeis Alumni, I missed any progressive group or any other university. Strange. They'd have been there for the Palestine parade. And there have been hundreds of Palestine parades since Oct. 7th's "resistance." Aka, murder, mayhem, rape, pillage....genocide. I haven't a clue how mr. son of his people configures Israel vs "Palestine" in his mind. I know that their many anti Zionist speakers get huge ovations....much like Cannes, Oscars and Bafta now receive. Least that's what I read about J street conclaves. The anti Zionist Israelis who are much in evidence at American, British and Israeli universities puzzle me more than mr son of his People. B'Tszelem no less than jvp never met an Arab terrorist that they don't approve of. I guess B'Tselem is the most "liberal" of Israel's anti Zionist groups. How about HaAretz....to the left of NY Times and the Guardian....that's pretty damn hateful. Thanks Tom Segev. Mr. "Palestine one and complete." I guess Beinart will do aliyah once it becomes that ethno national thing 'Palestine" so he can live as a minority dhimmi in an Islamic supremacist Arab fanatic chauvanist society to replace Israel.
I don’t know that there is anything particularly unusual, much less unique, about a religion or ethnicity — or, in this case, both — seeking to have a state that allows that group to continue to exist. What I do know is that millennia of history have time and again shown that without such a state, Jews are always vulnerable.
Perhaps today’s progressives are less familiar with this reality. In Western democracies especially, Jews experienced a period of relative safety following the Holocaust — a respite that made the older truth easier to forget. But as we are seeing now across Europe and even the United States, that respite appears to be ending. Humanity has not evolved to a point where Jews are simply allowed to be Jews.
As long as this remains true — and we have no reason to doubt that it will — ideology is largely irrelevant. Reality mandates the need for a Jewish state, one grounded in democratic institutions and principles. That is not a political position. It is a lesson history keeps teaching, whether we are willing to learn it or not.
To a non-American observer, the purpose of J Street's rhetorical manoeuvres seems transparent: provide a well-executed permission slip for American progressives to continue to deny to Israel what is unquestioningly granted to every other country. With a camouflage of "Jewish values" that is almost perverse in its distortions, cherry picking, and misapplication. This isn't about Israel, it's about a particular subset of American Jewry and a self-serving performance of political morality for a domestic audience.
J-Street isn't " clueless", it's a Soros NGO , is and always has been anti-Israel.
Why do you think there's no " outrage" about " J-Street Money" buying/ influencing elections? Who do you think poured millions into Kerry's,Van Hollen's, Booker's, Kamala's, Kaine's, Murphy's, Warnock's,Pelosi's,Raskin's,Nadler's,Feinstein's,Ossoff's,Warren's, Cardin's, Warner's,Durbin's,Cohen's,Al Green's,Biden's,Obama's,Frankel's,Hirono's Kelly's,et al campaigns even prior to the emergence of " The Squad"?
Who do you think has been among the major funding sources of the anti-Israel/Pro-Hamas protest/riots movements ?
This article is poorly researched, naive and overly articulated. The entire issue was overlooked. So who is actually unaware of the Palestinian reality?
There is nothing J about J Street.
J-Street appears clueless regarding the sole aim of Palestinianism which has nothing to do about land! They have absolutely shut their eyes about every effort and every peace offer made by Israel, and the fact they all ended in Jewish bloodshed! The only function they serve is a twisted view of reality used by the activist media to get a misrepresented Jewish point of view. They have rendered themselves irrelevant and dillusional even after the 2nd intafada! Their behavior post October 7 is hideous beyond description!
They are clueless on purpose, by choice. Follow their money and you will expose their aim.
My question is why do these so-called lovers of peace and equality and liberty not stand against the 57 Islamic states, or the 14 Christian states where Christianity is the state religion? They somehow have no problem supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Turkey, the Taliban controlling Afghanistan, or all the other Muslim states, but a Jewish state, that is forbidden. No wonder Israelis look upon most American Jews with disgust when the American Jews go hysterical if an Israeli politician would tell American Jews in effect how they should live and die from decisions made in Israel. But these American Jews have no problem, sitting in their bubble wrapped houses, have no terror groups a few metres from where they live, telling Israel they should accept murdered Israelis only so these American Jews be loved by their Jew hating "friends".
"J Street is not being honest about Israel."
To quote Captain Renault in the movie Casablanca, "I am shocked, shocked."
Has Jeremy ever written or spoken about Palestinian values? Are there any treatises or scholarly discussions to assess how close Palestinian actions have matched or incorporated those values?
Excellent overview Joshua Hoffman! Thank you very much. Restacking and sending wide. Greatly appreciate your articles.
And unless we stop him he will continue to paint us as the villains, he is a race traitor and needs to be dealt with as such, a few broken bones would fix the problem, if it does not than the train-yard will do complete the cycle of education that him and his kind need, I am harsh I know this, but until everyone wakes up to see exactly how bad the evil is we are facing, we have less than 25 years left to survive, its a simple fact, islam will have nuclear weapons within the next 15 years guaranteed, and they will use them on the Jews and the west.
J Street is composed of Left Wingers.
Left Wing people are full of envy and resentment.
That's just their nature.
Advice: stay away from them.
If Ben-Ami is applying a higher moral standard to Israelis than to the Arabs, notably Palestinian Arabs, expecting more from the Jews, then that makes him a racist. And a hypocrite.
Nothing is more disgusting on this earth than a self-hating Jew like Jeremy.
Excellent essay, Joshua!
Jewish values also don't require Jews to commit suicide.
Dishonesty and gaslighting are what the left is all about.
JStreet is neither pro-Israel or pro-democracy.
JStreet demands Israel to turn into a bi-national state which would undoubtably be a death sentence for Jews.
It doesn't however demand the same of Israel's neighbors who are allowed to be defined as exclusively Arab/muslim states with no real democratic elections or human rights.
Funny how the left condemns the only free, pluralistic democratic nation in the region with LGBTQ rights and that possesses all of the liberal attributes which the left claims to be for.
Yet they support the very nations and people who are diametrically opposed to the liberal ideals they supposedly support.
There is nothing truly liberal about the left, they are totalitarian in nature.
I didn't see J Street at the Israel parade previous Sunday in NYC. And the weather was great! So non attendance can't be the weather. Maybe I missed their contingent. In fact among the yeshivas and Yeshiva U and Brandeis Alumni, I missed any progressive group or any other university. Strange. They'd have been there for the Palestine parade. And there have been hundreds of Palestine parades since Oct. 7th's "resistance." Aka, murder, mayhem, rape, pillage....genocide. I haven't a clue how mr. son of his people configures Israel vs "Palestine" in his mind. I know that their many anti Zionist speakers get huge ovations....much like Cannes, Oscars and Bafta now receive. Least that's what I read about J street conclaves. The anti Zionist Israelis who are much in evidence at American, British and Israeli universities puzzle me more than mr son of his People. B'Tszelem no less than jvp never met an Arab terrorist that they don't approve of. I guess B'Tselem is the most "liberal" of Israel's anti Zionist groups. How about HaAretz....to the left of NY Times and the Guardian....that's pretty damn hateful. Thanks Tom Segev. Mr. "Palestine one and complete." I guess Beinart will do aliyah once it becomes that ethno national thing 'Palestine" so he can live as a minority dhimmi in an Islamic supremacist Arab fanatic chauvanist society to replace Israel.
I don’t know that there is anything particularly unusual, much less unique, about a religion or ethnicity — or, in this case, both — seeking to have a state that allows that group to continue to exist. What I do know is that millennia of history have time and again shown that without such a state, Jews are always vulnerable.
Perhaps today’s progressives are less familiar with this reality. In Western democracies especially, Jews experienced a period of relative safety following the Holocaust — a respite that made the older truth easier to forget. But as we are seeing now across Europe and even the United States, that respite appears to be ending. Humanity has not evolved to a point where Jews are simply allowed to be Jews.
As long as this remains true — and we have no reason to doubt that it will — ideology is largely irrelevant. Reality mandates the need for a Jewish state, one grounded in democratic institutions and principles. That is not a political position. It is a lesson history keeps teaching, whether we are willing to learn it or not.
🙏👍🏻🇮🇱💪 thanks Josh!
To a non-American observer, the purpose of J Street's rhetorical manoeuvres seems transparent: provide a well-executed permission slip for American progressives to continue to deny to Israel what is unquestioningly granted to every other country. With a camouflage of "Jewish values" that is almost perverse in its distortions, cherry picking, and misapplication. This isn't about Israel, it's about a particular subset of American Jewry and a self-serving performance of political morality for a domestic audience.
J-Street isn't " clueless", it's a Soros NGO , is and always has been anti-Israel.
Why do you think there's no " outrage" about " J-Street Money" buying/ influencing elections? Who do you think poured millions into Kerry's,Van Hollen's, Booker's, Kamala's, Kaine's, Murphy's, Warnock's,Pelosi's,Raskin's,Nadler's,Feinstein's,Ossoff's,Warren's, Cardin's, Warner's,Durbin's,Cohen's,Al Green's,Biden's,Obama's,Frankel's,Hirono's Kelly's,et al campaigns even prior to the emergence of " The Squad"?
Who do you think has been among the major funding sources of the anti-Israel/Pro-Hamas protest/riots movements ?
This article is poorly researched, naive and overly articulated. The entire issue was overlooked. So who is actually unaware of the Palestinian reality?