Pro-Israel Lobbies, Will J Street Dethrone AIPAC?.............
“Moderate Jewish Lobby Causes a Stir. The tensions and sharp disagreements that have ripened among many American Jews over President Obama’s approach to Middle East issues were on public display here this week as a fledgling Jewish group held its first convention. Mr. Obama sent his top national security aide to the convention of the group, known as J Street, but the Israeli ambassador pointedly stayed home. Some members of Congress agreed to be part of the event, only to withdraw their support in the face of criticism…… Nonetheless, it has had great success in quickly becoming a major reference point in the complicated debate over President Obama’s Middle East policy……. it took the more notable and public step this week of sending Mr. Obama’s national security adviser, Gen. James L. Jones, to deliver Tuesday’s keynote address at the J Street convention……...” New York Times
“For 25 years AIPAC has worked to deter the peace efforts of American presidents. The legendary hegemony of this legendary Jewish pressure group on US foreign policy has been receding gradually. This is a result of the rapid growth of a new pro-Israel lobby that supports peace, J Street which has about 100 thousand members……..” alalam News (Iran)
“J Street is the political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement. J Street was founded to promote meaningful American leadership to end the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. We support a new direction for American policy in the Middle East and a broad public and policy debate about the U.S. role in the region. J Street represents Americans, primarily but not exclusively Jewish, who support Israel and its desire for security as the Jewish homeland, as well as the right of the Palestinians to a sovereign state of their own - two states living side-by-side in peace and security…… J Street supports diplomatic solutions over military ones, including in Iran; multilateral over unilateral approaches to conflict resolution; and dialogue over confrontation with a wide range of countries and actors when conflicts do arise………. “ J Street
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