The U.S., Israel, and Their Arab Partners Should Work Together to Create the Next Generation of Defensive Weapons
Combining diplomatic and technological breakthroughs.
January 18, 2021
Refusing to praise peace, or condemn incitement.
Founded in 2007, the advocacy group J Street bills itself as “pro-Israel, pro-peace,” and it is designed to counter the supposed right-wing leanings of major American Jewish organizations when it comes to Israel. It has paid particular attention to supporting the creation of a Palestinian state in all or most of the West Bank and Gaza, and to supporting the U.S nuclear deal with Iran. Surveying J Street’s recent positions and activities, Alan Baker finds little evidence that it is interested in supporting the Jewish state at all:
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Refusing to praise peace, or condemn incitement.
Anti-Semitism, Islamism, and geopolitics stand in the way.
The yeshivas vs. New York State.
A more optimistic look at the state of society.