@jstreetdotorg.bsky.social
Thank you to Representative Schneider for calling out documented abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and urging Ben-Gvir’s removal.
Rejecting inflammatory extremists is the only path to real safety and a future of peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
Rejecting inflammatory extremists is the only path to real safety and a future of peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
SCHNEIDER CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF BEN GVIR AS ISRAEL’S SECURITY MINISTER
LINCOLNSHIRE -- Following the release of a Public Defender audit that found widespread torture and abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, Rep. Brad Schneider (IL-10), a member of the House Foreign ...
schneider.house.gov
December 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thank you to Representative Schneider for calling out documented abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons and urging Ben-Gvir’s removal.
Rejecting inflammatory extremists is the only path to real safety and a future of peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
Rejecting inflammatory extremists is the only path to real safety and a future of peace for Israelis and Palestinians.
Turning away immigrants on the day they were meant to become citizens violates the basic promise of a democratic society.
A healthy democracy welcomes people with dignity, not fear. Our values call us to stand with immigrants, now more than ever.
A healthy democracy welcomes people with dignity, not fear. Our values call us to stand with immigrants, now more than ever.
Immigrants denied naturalization ceremony at last minute in Boston
Immigrants waiting to complete their naturalization ceremony were turned away at Faneuil Hall, after being told their oath-taking would now be canceled.
www.wcvb.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Turning away immigrants on the day they were meant to become citizens violates the basic promise of a democratic society.
A healthy democracy welcomes people with dignity, not fear. Our values call us to stand with immigrants, now more than ever.
A healthy democracy welcomes people with dignity, not fear. Our values call us to stand with immigrants, now more than ever.
Thank you to @warren.senate.gov and @schatz.bsky.social for leading this oversight push. The Trump Administration owes the public clarity on the US-backed Gaza coordination center – and why aid is still being delayed.
A Group of Democrats Presses for Answers on Secretive U.S. Gaza Command
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Brian Schatz led a letter demanding more information on the Civil-Military Coordination Center.
www.notus.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Thank you to @warren.senate.gov and @schatz.bsky.social for leading this oversight push. The Trump Administration owes the public clarity on the US-backed Gaza coordination center – and why aid is still being delayed.
Legacy organizations are failing Jewish Americans by turning Israel into a political shield and ignoring Islamophobia at home.
J Street U student leader Meirav Solomon writes, “We must be upstanders for all.”
🔗 www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
J Street U student leader Meirav Solomon writes, “We must be upstanders for all.”
🔗 www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
Op-ed: Establishment Jewish institutions are betraying and weaponizing my religion - The Tufts Daily
In sixth grade, my middle school scheduled its first dance for a Friday night during Sukkot. My family kept Shabbat and would spend the evening in our Sukkah, twin reasons why I couldn’t realize the q...
www.tuftsdaily.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Legacy organizations are failing Jewish Americans by turning Israel into a political shield and ignoring Islamophobia at home.
J Street U student leader Meirav Solomon writes, “We must be upstanders for all.”
🔗 www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
J Street U student leader Meirav Solomon writes, “We must be upstanders for all.”
🔗 www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025...
As headlines turn to “phase two” of the ceasefire, we can’t lose sight of the stakes:
Gaza can’t survive another month of paralysis.
Netanyahu is stalling. Hamas is stalling.
The US must push to:
✔️ Get aid flowing
✔️ Disarm Hamas
✔️ Rebuild Gaza with new governance
Gaza can’t survive another month of paralysis.
Netanyahu is stalling. Hamas is stalling.
The US must push to:
✔️ Get aid flowing
✔️ Disarm Hamas
✔️ Rebuild Gaza with new governance
Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will enter ceasefire's second phase soon
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas are expected to move into the second phase of their ceasefire soon.
apnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
As headlines turn to “phase two” of the ceasefire, we can’t lose sight of the stakes:
Gaza can’t survive another month of paralysis.
Netanyahu is stalling. Hamas is stalling.
The US must push to:
✔️ Get aid flowing
✔️ Disarm Hamas
✔️ Rebuild Gaza with new governance
Gaza can’t survive another month of paralysis.
Netanyahu is stalling. Hamas is stalling.
The US must push to:
✔️ Get aid flowing
✔️ Disarm Hamas
✔️ Rebuild Gaza with new governance
New column from @jeremybenami.bsky.social:
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
December 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New column from @jeremybenami.bsky.social:
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
If we want the next generation of American Jews to stay connected to Israel, we owe them honesty – not mythology.
Real love is built on truth, responsibility and the work of building a more just future.
🔗 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/how-can-i-...
A better future starts with rejecting the idea that one group’s life is worth more than another’s.
Ben-Gvir’s noose pin – promoting a death penalty that would fall entirely on Palestinians – is a badge of racism, not justice.
Ben-Gvir’s noose pin – promoting a death penalty that would fall entirely on Palestinians – is a badge of racism, not justice.
Far-right Ben-Gvir attends death penalty bill hearing wearing noose-shaped pin
Ben-Gvir Explained That the Noose Is 'One of the Options by Which the Law Will Enforce a Death Penalty for Terrorists' as the Knesset Discusses a Bill to Impose the Death Penalty on Assailants Who Mur...
www.haaretz.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A better future starts with rejecting the idea that one group’s life is worth more than another’s.
Ben-Gvir’s noose pin – promoting a death penalty that would fall entirely on Palestinians – is a badge of racism, not justice.
Ben-Gvir’s noose pin – promoting a death penalty that would fall entirely on Palestinians – is a badge of racism, not justice.
A new generation is stepping up 💪
We’re proud to see J Street U at @oberlincollege.bsky.social launch, joining dozens of our J Street U chapters nationwide fighting for a future where Israelis and Palestinians can live in freedom, safety and equality.
We’re proud to see J Street U at @oberlincollege.bsky.social launch, joining dozens of our J Street U chapters nationwide fighting for a future where Israelis and Palestinians can live in freedom, safety and equality.
J Street U Offers New Home for Progressive Activism on Campus
I am thrilled to share that after a multi-year absence, J Street U Oberlin is back. J Street U functions like any other chapter of a national college group on campus, such as Hillel, OC Dems, or Oberl...
oberlinreview.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A new generation is stepping up 💪
We’re proud to see J Street U at @oberlincollege.bsky.social launch, joining dozens of our J Street U chapters nationwide fighting for a future where Israelis and Palestinians can live in freedom, safety and equality.
We’re proud to see J Street U at @oberlincollege.bsky.social launch, joining dozens of our J Street U chapters nationwide fighting for a future where Israelis and Palestinians can live in freedom, safety and equality.
The ceasefire is becoming a deadly new normal. The Israeli government is blocking aid, civilians in Gaza are enduring dire conditions and both Hamas and Netanyahu are avoiding real change.
Tell Washington: We cannot look away from Gaza.
✍️ act.jstreet.org/sign/we-cann...
Tell Washington: We cannot look away from Gaza.
✍️ act.jstreet.org/sign/we-cann...
Tell Washington: We Cannot Look Away From Gaza
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act.jstreet.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The ceasefire is becoming a deadly new normal. The Israeli government is blocking aid, civilians in Gaza are enduring dire conditions and both Hamas and Netanyahu are avoiding real change.
Tell Washington: We cannot look away from Gaza.
✍️ act.jstreet.org/sign/we-cann...
Tell Washington: We cannot look away from Gaza.
✍️ act.jstreet.org/sign/we-cann...
The ceasefire is fragile. Hamas is stalling. Netanyahu is obstructing aid. Civilians are dying.
🚨Tell Washington: We can’t look away from Gaza. Keep up the pressure to forge a lasting peace for all.
🚨Tell Washington: We can’t look away from Gaza. Keep up the pressure to forge a lasting peace for all.
Tell Washington: We Cannot Look Away From Gaza
None
act.jstreet.org
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The ceasefire is fragile. Hamas is stalling. Netanyahu is obstructing aid. Civilians are dying.
🚨Tell Washington: We can’t look away from Gaza. Keep up the pressure to forge a lasting peace for all.
🚨Tell Washington: We can’t look away from Gaza. Keep up the pressure to forge a lasting peace for all.
@jeremybenami.bsky.social challenged @peterbeinart.bsky.social on his recent apology for speaking at Tel Aviv University.
Instead of talking past each other, they sat down for a real conversation.
Curious how it went? Watch the video:
Instead of talking past each other, they sat down for a real conversation.
Curious how it went? Watch the video:
Jeremy Ben-Ami Thinks I Made a Mistake
The founder of J Street took issue with my recent apology so I invited him to discuss it
peterbeinart.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@jeremybenami.bsky.social challenged @peterbeinart.bsky.social on his recent apology for speaking at Tel Aviv University.
Instead of talking past each other, they sat down for a real conversation.
Curious how it went? Watch the video:
Instead of talking past each other, they sat down for a real conversation.
Curious how it went? Watch the video:
The sitting IDF chief admitted that Israel’s own Gaza policy helped pave the way to Oct. 7.
If our leaders won’t confront their disastrous mistakes, they are doomed to repeat the same devastating failures.
If our leaders won’t confront their disastrous mistakes, they are doomed to repeat the same devastating failures.
IDF chief says Israel's Gaza policy enabled Hamas' October 7 attack
In a Rare Public Rebuke, IDF Chief Eyal Zamir Said Israel's Policy of Containing Hamas Since 2008 Allowed the Group to Grow Stronger and Criticized Previous Israeli Military Operations in Gaza for Bei...
www.haaretz.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The sitting IDF chief admitted that Israel’s own Gaza policy helped pave the way to Oct. 7.
If our leaders won’t confront their disastrous mistakes, they are doomed to repeat the same devastating failures.
If our leaders won’t confront their disastrous mistakes, they are doomed to repeat the same devastating failures.
The old approach of blank check support for Israel will simply not work with voters anymore.
As J Street's @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social says, Democrats will need a new way of approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
As J Street's @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social says, Democrats will need a new way of approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Will Democrats face scrutiny for their stance on the Israel-Gaza war?
Democratic politicians are struggling to strike a balance between U.S. support for Israel and voter outrage over civilian suffering in Gaza.
www.usatoday.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The old approach of blank check support for Israel will simply not work with voters anymore.
As J Street's @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social says, Democrats will need a new way of approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
As J Street's @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social says, Democrats will need a new way of approaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Sudthisak Rinthalak was a Thai farmworker. He came to Israel to earn a living, and never came home.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
Hamas Returns Body of Last Thai Hostage in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sudthisak Rinthalak was a Thai farmworker. He came to Israel to earn a living, and never came home.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
His body has now been returned, more than two years after he was taken and killed on Oct. 7. May his family finally have the dignity of laying him to rest.
Every body deserves dignity. Every government must be held to the same moral and legal standards, including Israel.
According to a @cnn.com investigation, Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza were killed by Israeli fire, some of their bodies bulldozed by the IDF or left to decompose.
According to a @cnn.com investigation, Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza were killed by Israeli fire, some of their bodies bulldozed by the IDF or left to decompose.
Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
edition.cnn.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Every body deserves dignity. Every government must be held to the same moral and legal standards, including Israel.
According to a @cnn.com investigation, Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza were killed by Israeli fire, some of their bodies bulldozed by the IDF or left to decompose.
According to a @cnn.com investigation, Palestinians seeking aid in Gaza were killed by Israeli fire, some of their bodies bulldozed by the IDF or left to decompose.
🗞️ “If we care about Jewish safety, we cannot be silent in the face of Jewish violence.”
We raise our voices when Jews are attacked anywhere in the world – and we must do the same when Jews in Israel are targeted by Jewish extremists.
We raise our voices when Jews are attacked anywhere in the world – and we must do the same when Jews in Israel are targeted by Jewish extremists.
The Blogs: In Israel, a grave new danger to Jews – other Jews
When extremists attack Jews anywhere else in the world, we demand arrests and governmental protection; we must do the same in Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
🗞️ “If we care about Jewish safety, we cannot be silent in the face of Jewish violence.”
We raise our voices when Jews are attacked anywhere in the world – and we must do the same when Jews in Israel are targeted by Jewish extremists.
We raise our voices when Jews are attacked anywhere in the world – and we must do the same when Jews in Israel are targeted by Jewish extremists.
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Add you name! Tell President Herzog to REJECT Bibi's request for pardon
www.unxeptable.org/a-call-to-pr...
Join a global call by Diaspora Jewish + Israeli expat communities, in partnership with @unxeptable.bsky.social, @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, and NGOs worldwide.
www.unxeptable.org/a-call-to-pr...
Join a global call by Diaspora Jewish + Israeli expat communities, in partnership with @unxeptable.bsky.social, @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, and NGOs worldwide.
December 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Add you name! Tell President Herzog to REJECT Bibi's request for pardon
www.unxeptable.org/a-call-to-pr...
Join a global call by Diaspora Jewish + Israeli expat communities, in partnership with @unxeptable.bsky.social, @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, and NGOs worldwide.
www.unxeptable.org/a-call-to-pr...
Join a global call by Diaspora Jewish + Israeli expat communities, in partnership with @unxeptable.bsky.social, @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, @newjewishnarrative.bsky.social, and NGOs worldwide.
🎧: Trump and Netanyahu have shown disregard for democracy – and it’s hardly a surprise that Trump emboldened Netanyahu to seek a pardon.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
How Trump 'emboldened' Netanyahu to seek a pardon
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www.haaretz.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎧: Trump and Netanyahu have shown disregard for democracy – and it’s hardly a surprise that Trump emboldened Netanyahu to seek a pardon.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
Americans and Israelis deserve leaders committed to a democracy aligned with our Jewish and democratic values.
Netanyahu and Hamas are feeding off each other – and betting on the ceasefire’s collapse.
Our responsibility? Press to protect civilians, get aid flowing into Gaza and push for real political progress.
We can’t let them drag us back into war.
Our responsibility? Press to protect civilians, get aid flowing into Gaza and push for real political progress.
We can’t let them drag us back into war.
No Return to Gaza War
None
act.jstreet.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Netanyahu and Hamas are feeding off each other – and betting on the ceasefire’s collapse.
Our responsibility? Press to protect civilians, get aid flowing into Gaza and push for real political progress.
We can’t let them drag us back into war.
Our responsibility? Press to protect civilians, get aid flowing into Gaza and push for real political progress.
We can’t let them drag us back into war.
The ceasefire has saved lives and enabled the return of nearly all the hostages, but without sustained US engagement, it risks hardening into an unacceptable and unstable new normal.
jstreet.org/press-releas...
jstreet.org/press-releas...
The Gaza Ceasefire Cannot Become the New Status Quo - J Street
The ceasefire has saved lives and enabled the return of nearly all the hostages, but without sustained US engagement, it risks hardening into an unacceptable and unstable new normal.
jstreet.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The ceasefire has saved lives and enabled the return of nearly all the hostages, but without sustained US engagement, it risks hardening into an unacceptable and unstable new normal.
jstreet.org/press-releas...
jstreet.org/press-releas...
🗞️ We must defend liberal democracy – in the US, Israel and around the world.
As Nadav Tamir writes, rejecting Abbas and Arab parties from the Knesset is morally wrong and a direct assault on Arab citizens’ right to representation.
As Nadav Tamir writes, rejecting Abbas and Arab parties from the Knesset is morally wrong and a direct assault on Arab citizens’ right to representation.
The Blogs: Disqualifying Ra’am would disqualify our democracy
The party helmed by Mansour Abbas represents a moderate religious and political movement committed to Muslim integration into Israeli society
blogs.timesofisrael.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🗞️ We must defend liberal democracy – in the US, Israel and around the world.
As Nadav Tamir writes, rejecting Abbas and Arab parties from the Knesset is morally wrong and a direct assault on Arab citizens’ right to representation.
As Nadav Tamir writes, rejecting Abbas and Arab parties from the Knesset is morally wrong and a direct assault on Arab citizens’ right to representation.
Every week for over two years, the Hostage Families Forum has carried an unimaginable burden at rallies and protests around the world. As these rallies end, the struggle to bring every remaining hostage home continues.
Our gratitude for their work and humanity.
Our gratitude for their work and humanity.
Hostage Families Forum ends Saturday rallies after more than two years
'Now We Must Finish What He Started,' Says the Family of Deceased Hostage Ran Gvili. Despite the Announcement, the Forum Said the Struggle Will Continue Until Every Hostage Is Returned, and Urged Isra...
www.haaretz.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Every week for over two years, the Hostage Families Forum has carried an unimaginable burden at rallies and protests around the world. As these rallies end, the struggle to bring every remaining hostage home continues.
Our gratitude for their work and humanity.
Our gratitude for their work and humanity.
This ceasefire has ended the worst phase in Gaza, but it hasn’t meant safety for families and young children. It still can if we implement the full American peace plan, writes @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-ceasef...
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-ceasef...
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This ceasefire has ended the worst phase in Gaza, but it hasn’t meant safety for families and young children. It still can if we implement the full American peace plan, writes @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-ceasef...
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/the-ceasef...
Breaking the silence about sexual violence, for any survivor, takes immense bravery.
The men speaking now stand alongside women who already bore this weight publicly following their captivity in Gaza.
If your instinct is to deny or diminish their accounts, ask yourself why.
The men speaking now stand alongside women who already bore this weight publicly following their captivity in Gaza.
If your instinct is to deny or diminish their accounts, ask yourself why.
Sexual assault, starvation, stitches without anesthesia: Alon Ohel details Hamas captivity
Alon Ohel, Who Was Held Hostage in Gaza for 738 Days After Attempting to Flee the Nova Music Festival in Southern Israel, Told Channel 12 News He Was Forbidden to Speak During His First Two Weeks in C...
www.haaretz.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Breaking the silence about sexual violence, for any survivor, takes immense bravery.
The men speaking now stand alongside women who already bore this weight publicly following their captivity in Gaza.
If your instinct is to deny or diminish their accounts, ask yourself why.
The men speaking now stand alongside women who already bore this weight publicly following their captivity in Gaza.
If your instinct is to deny or diminish their accounts, ask yourself why.
“Purity politics undercut our goal of equality and freedom.”
@jeremybenami.bsky.social writes with respect for @peterbeinart.bsky.social – and disagreement about boycotts, bans and pressure to apologize for engaging with Israeli academic institutions:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/why-i-disa...
@jeremybenami.bsky.social writes with respect for @peterbeinart.bsky.social – and disagreement about boycotts, bans and pressure to apologize for engaging with Israeli academic institutions:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/why-i-disa...
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“Purity politics undercut our goal of equality and freedom.”
@jeremybenami.bsky.social writes with respect for @peterbeinart.bsky.social – and disagreement about boycotts, bans and pressure to apologize for engaging with Israeli academic institutions:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/why-i-disa...
@jeremybenami.bsky.social writes with respect for @peterbeinart.bsky.social – and disagreement about boycotts, bans and pressure to apologize for engaging with Israeli academic institutions:
jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/why-i-disa...