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The guardrails of democracy are cracking.
What’s happening in America and in Israel and Palestine are not separate stories.
The antidote to despair is engagement.
That’s why we’re coming together in Washington.
What’s happening in America and in Israel and Palestine are not separate stories.
The antidote to despair is engagement.
That’s why we’re coming together in Washington.
Israeli strikes continue, and Hamas flirts with escalation. This is exactly what Netanyahu and Hamas want – to keep the deadly status quo.
The United States must fully enforce the ceasefire, and Hamas and Israel must abide by it.
The United States must fully enforce the ceasefire, and Hamas and Israel must abide by it.
Israel strikes across Gaza, killing 24, and says militants attacked its soldiers
Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes have killed at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies.
apnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Israeli strikes continue, and Hamas flirts with escalation. This is exactly what Netanyahu and Hamas want – to keep the deadly status quo.
The United States must fully enforce the ceasefire, and Hamas and Israel must abide by it.
The United States must fully enforce the ceasefire, and Hamas and Israel must abide by it.
These comparisons hurt, and that’s why they matter.
ICE raids in Minneapolis and settler violence in the West Bank aren’t identical. But when state power enables dispossession, terror & impunity, the rhyme is impossible to ignore.
From Ilan Goldenberg 👇
ICE raids in Minneapolis and settler violence in the West Bank aren’t identical. But when state power enables dispossession, terror & impunity, the rhyme is impossible to ignore.
From Ilan Goldenberg 👇
When Comparisons Hurt — And Why We Still Have to Make Them
ICE in Minneapolis and settler violence in the West Bank aren’t identical, but there are many similarities.
jstreetdotorg.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:09 PM
These comparisons hurt, and that’s why they matter.
ICE raids in Minneapolis and settler violence in the West Bank aren’t identical. But when state power enables dispossession, terror & impunity, the rhyme is impossible to ignore.
From Ilan Goldenberg 👇
ICE raids in Minneapolis and settler violence in the West Bank aren’t identical. But when state power enables dispossession, terror & impunity, the rhyme is impossible to ignore.
From Ilan Goldenberg 👇
A democracy without a full, independent press cannot survive. This should alarm the American Jewish community and Americans everywhere. 2/2
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
A democracy without a full, independent press cannot survive. This should alarm the American Jewish community and Americans everywhere. 2/2
Today, we’re thinking of the talented journalists without jobs and of the voices whose stories won’t be told.
And at J Street, we’re especially concerned by the gutting of foreign reporting. It narrows our worldview and erodes our shared humanity. 1/2
And at J Street, we’re especially concerned by the gutting of foreign reporting. It narrows our worldview and erodes our shared humanity. 1/2
Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post conducts widespread layoffs, gutting a third of its staff | CNN Business
The Washington Post laid off about one in three employees across the company Wednesday morning, dealing another big blow to a newsroom that has reached a breaking point.
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Today, we’re thinking of the talented journalists without jobs and of the voices whose stories won’t be told.
And at J Street, we’re especially concerned by the gutting of foreign reporting. It narrows our worldview and erodes our shared humanity. 1/2
And at J Street, we’re especially concerned by the gutting of foreign reporting. It narrows our worldview and erodes our shared humanity. 1/2
Settler violence is a moral crisis for Israel and the Jewish people. And confronting Jewish-perpetrated violence isn’t betrayal. It’s a responsibility.
From J Street leader Daniel Bral:
From J Street leader Daniel Bral:
Confronting Our Own Violence
By Daniel Bral
thehighergroundstack.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Settler violence is a moral crisis for Israel and the Jewish people. And confronting Jewish-perpetrated violence isn’t betrayal. It’s a responsibility.
From J Street leader Daniel Bral:
From J Street leader Daniel Bral:
The Netanyahu government promised to reopen the Rafah crossing to Palestinians. So far, they have only delivered crossings in tiny numbers and the threat of death-by-bureaucracy.
The US must intervene and apply the necessary pressure to reopen Rafah.
The US must intervene and apply the necessary pressure to reopen Rafah.
Palestinians wait at border between Gaza and Egypt as uncertainty clouds reopening of Rafah crossing
Palestinians have gathered at Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt, hoping to pass through after it reopened. Delays, interrogations and uncertainty have marred the process.
apnews.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:45 PM
The Netanyahu government promised to reopen the Rafah crossing to Palestinians. So far, they have only delivered crossings in tiny numbers and the threat of death-by-bureaucracy.
The US must intervene and apply the necessary pressure to reopen Rafah.
The US must intervene and apply the necessary pressure to reopen Rafah.
A political party “taking over” elections is not reform. It’s authoritarianism.
Jews know what happens when power concentrates and minority rights disappear. We know where this goes.
Jews know what happens when power concentrates and minority rights disappear. We know where this goes.
FLAG: Trump said today that Republicans should nationalize elections — continuing to double down on his 2020 election lies.
The suggestion runs contrary to the Constitution's delegation of election administration to state governments.
The suggestion runs contrary to the Constitution's delegation of election administration to state governments.
February 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM
A political party “taking over” elections is not reform. It’s authoritarianism.
Jews know what happens when power concentrates and minority rights disappear. We know where this goes.
Jews know what happens when power concentrates and minority rights disappear. We know where this goes.
This wasn’t just a protest against violence in Arab society. It was a declaration: Israeli democracy requires Jewish-Arab partnership – or it will fail.
J Street Israel Director Nadav Tamir on the power of recent joint protests in Tel Aviv:
J Street Israel Director Nadav Tamir on the power of recent joint protests in Tel Aviv:
The Blogs: Israeli Democracy Will Not Survive Without Jewish-Arab Partnership
From the blog of Nadav Tamir at The Times of Israel
blogs.timesofisrael.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This wasn’t just a protest against violence in Arab society. It was a declaration: Israeli democracy requires Jewish-Arab partnership – or it will fail.
J Street Israel Director Nadav Tamir on the power of recent joint protests in Tel Aviv:
J Street Israel Director Nadav Tamir on the power of recent joint protests in Tel Aviv:
Praising Hamas, threatening Jewish people and calling for an end to the State of Israel don’t advance justice for Palestinians. It only serves to feed the cycle of extremism and violence that threatens Israelis, Palestinians and Jewish people worldwide.
Philly Jewish groups condemn support for terror, ‘incitement to violence’ at anti-Israel protest
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www.timesofisrael.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Praising Hamas, threatening Jewish people and calling for an end to the State of Israel don’t advance justice for Palestinians. It only serves to feed the cycle of extremism and violence that threatens Israelis, Palestinians and Jewish people worldwide.
Five-year-old Liam Ramos is free. Hundreds of other children are not.
Detaining kids – toddlers, cancer patients, students on their way to school – isn’t security. It’s cruelty. Our humanity demands better. Our Jewish values demand we fight back.
Detaining kids – toddlers, cancer patients, students on their way to school – isn’t security. It’s cruelty. Our humanity demands better. Our Jewish values demand we fight back.
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Five-year-old Liam Ramos is free. Hundreds of other children are not.
Detaining kids – toddlers, cancer patients, students on their way to school – isn’t security. It’s cruelty. Our humanity demands better. Our Jewish values demand we fight back.
Detaining kids – toddlers, cancer patients, students on their way to school – isn’t security. It’s cruelty. Our humanity demands better. Our Jewish values demand we fight back.
Mass suffering was already unfolding in northern Gaza in early 2024. But US officials withheld warnings.
2 years later, tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians are dead. US inaction is a moral stain that we can and must learn from and act differently in the future.
2 years later, tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians are dead. US inaction is a moral stain that we can and must learn from and act differently in the future.
Column | In Gaza, an ‘apocalyptic wasteland’ foretold
Seen two years later, a suppressed U.S cable warning of a “wasteland” in northern Gaza, as reported by Reuters, is a small footnote of history.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Mass suffering was already unfolding in northern Gaza in early 2024. But US officials withheld warnings.
2 years later, tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians are dead. US inaction is a moral stain that we can and must learn from and act differently in the future.
2 years later, tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians are dead. US inaction is a moral stain that we can and must learn from and act differently in the future.
Unconditional support is not a strategy.
The US-Israel relationship has reached a turning point, and pretending otherwise only deepens the damage. It’s time to define a new relationship, not defend a failed one.
From @jeremybenami.bsky.social: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-rupture-...
The US-Israel relationship has reached a turning point, and pretending otherwise only deepens the damage. It’s time to define a new relationship, not defend a failed one.
From @jeremybenami.bsky.social: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-rupture-...
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Unconditional support is not a strategy.
The US-Israel relationship has reached a turning point, and pretending otherwise only deepens the damage. It’s time to define a new relationship, not defend a failed one.
From @jeremybenami.bsky.social: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-rupture-...
The US-Israel relationship has reached a turning point, and pretending otherwise only deepens the damage. It’s time to define a new relationship, not defend a failed one.
From @jeremybenami.bsky.social: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-rupture-...
Join J Street at our National Convention February 28 – March 3 to hear directly from some of the protest leaders behind this weekend’s mass solidarity action on the ground.
Register below and use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off: jstreet.org/convention
Register below and use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off: jstreet.org/convention
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February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Join J Street at our National Convention February 28 – March 3 to hear directly from some of the protest leaders behind this weekend’s mass solidarity action on the ground.
Register below and use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off: jstreet.org/convention
Register below and use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off: jstreet.org/convention
Arabs and Jews are marching together, seeing each other as neighbors, honoring each other’s humanity.
We stand with the tens of thousands who took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the state protect Arab citizens and end violence and neglect.
We stand with the tens of thousands who took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the state protect Arab citizens and end violence and neglect.
As killings mount, Arab leaders and allies rallied in Tel Aviv against state inaction
After a Protest Against Violence in Arab Communities in the Northern Israeli City of Sakhnin Earlier This Month Drew Tens of Thousands, Demonstrators Gathered in Tel Aviv's Habima Square to Call Out t...
www.haaretz.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Arabs and Jews are marching together, seeing each other as neighbors, honoring each other’s humanity.
We stand with the tens of thousands who took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the state protect Arab citizens and end violence and neglect.
We stand with the tens of thousands who took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the state protect Arab citizens and end violence and neglect.
Religious freedom shouldn’t disappear when it’s inconvenient or when the religion isn’t Christianity.
That’s the floor, not the ceiling.
That’s the floor, not the ceiling.
Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation.
Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers
Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the U.S. attorney in Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Religious freedom shouldn’t disappear when it’s inconvenient or when the religion isn’t Christianity.
That’s the floor, not the ceiling.
That’s the floor, not the ceiling.
Trump inherited historic leverage over Iran – and threatens to squander it with his chaotic approach.
In @foreignaffairs.com, Nate Swanson and J Street’s @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social lay out a smarter path: Restraint, real diplomacy and support for the Iranian people.
In @foreignaffairs.com, Nate Swanson and J Street’s @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social lay out a smarter path: Restraint, real diplomacy and support for the Iranian people.
America’s Best Chance to Transform Iran
The right way to deploy military threats, pressure, and support for the opposition.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Trump inherited historic leverage over Iran – and threatens to squander it with his chaotic approach.
In @foreignaffairs.com, Nate Swanson and J Street’s @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social lay out a smarter path: Restraint, real diplomacy and support for the Iranian people.
In @foreignaffairs.com, Nate Swanson and J Street’s @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social lay out a smarter path: Restraint, real diplomacy and support for the Iranian people.
Jewish tradition demands action when human dignity is under attack.
ICE’s policies are tearing families apart. On Feb 11, Jews will gather near ICE HQ in DC to demand an end to their violence.
Join us: truah.org/jewsagainstice
#JewsAgainstICE
@truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social
ICE’s policies are tearing families apart. On Feb 11, Jews will gather near ICE HQ in DC to demand an end to their violence.
Join us: truah.org/jewsagainstice
#JewsAgainstICE
@truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Jewish tradition demands action when human dignity is under attack.
ICE’s policies are tearing families apart. On Feb 11, Jews will gather near ICE HQ in DC to demand an end to their violence.
Join us: truah.org/jewsagainstice
#JewsAgainstICE
@truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social
ICE’s policies are tearing families apart. On Feb 11, Jews will gather near ICE HQ in DC to demand an end to their violence.
Join us: truah.org/jewsagainstice
#JewsAgainstICE
@truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social
5/ Add your name to demand an end to violence from ICE and extremist settlers.
Stand for democracy, accountability and equal protection under the law.
👉 Take action: act.jstreet.org/sign/west-ba...
Stand for democracy, accountability and equal protection under the law.
👉 Take action: act.jstreet.org/sign/west-ba...
act.jstreet.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
5/ Add your name to demand an end to violence from ICE and extremist settlers.
Stand for democracy, accountability and equal protection under the law.
👉 Take action: act.jstreet.org/sign/west-ba...
Stand for democracy, accountability and equal protection under the law.
👉 Take action: act.jstreet.org/sign/west-ba...
4/ We cannot allow this violence to be normalized, whether it comes from Trump-backed state agents on our streets or Netanyahu-backed settler extremists.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is permission.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is permission.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
4/ We cannot allow this violence to be normalized, whether it comes from Trump-backed state agents on our streets or Netanyahu-backed settler extremists.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is permission.
Silence is not neutrality. Silence is permission.
3/ When authorities fail to protect the vulnerable – or worse, actively empower the harm – violence spreads.
History is clear on this point. And as American Jews, we’ve seen it before. We know where it leads.
History is clear on this point. And as American Jews, we’ve seen it before. We know where it leads.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
3/ When authorities fail to protect the vulnerable – or worse, actively empower the harm – violence spreads.
History is clear on this point. And as American Jews, we’ve seen it before. We know where it leads.
History is clear on this point. And as American Jews, we’ve seen it before. We know where it leads.
2/ These situations aren’t identical. But the pattern is unmistakable:
Power without restraint.
Dehumanization without consequence.
Governments that enable the horror unfolding before our eyes.
Power without restraint.
Dehumanization without consequence.
Governments that enable the horror unfolding before our eyes.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
2/ These situations aren’t identical. But the pattern is unmistakable:
Power without restraint.
Dehumanization without consequence.
Governments that enable the horror unfolding before our eyes.
Power without restraint.
Dehumanization without consequence.
Governments that enable the horror unfolding before our eyes.
1/ In the US, horrifying footage shows ICE agents killing civilians and terrorizing communities in broad daylight.
In the West Bank, settlers are filmed beating families and burning homes.
As Jews, we are obliged to speak out.
In the West Bank, settlers are filmed beating families and burning homes.
As Jews, we are obliged to speak out.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
1/ In the US, horrifying footage shows ICE agents killing civilians and terrorizing communities in broad daylight.
In the West Bank, settlers are filmed beating families and burning homes.
As Jews, we are obliged to speak out.
In the West Bank, settlers are filmed beating families and burning homes.
As Jews, we are obliged to speak out.
Movement is tightly controlled by Israel and Egypt. True recovery in Gaza needs more than open crossings: It requires protection of civilians, accountable governance, and an end to decades of restrictions. Relief must lead to dignity, not just pause suffering. 2/2
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Movement is tightly controlled by Israel and Egypt. True recovery in Gaza needs more than open crossings: It requires protection of civilians, accountable governance, and an end to decades of restrictions. Relief must lead to dignity, not just pause suffering. 2/2
The Rafah crossing in Gaza will reopen this weekend, a crucial step after years of near-total closure. Thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians can access medical care, and families can begin to reunite. The relief is real, but still limited. 1/2
Israel reopening Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt on Sunday after long closure
Israel says it will reopen Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt in both directions over the weekend. The move announced on Friday will allow Palestinians to enter and leave the territory after nearly two...
apnews.com
January 30, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The Rafah crossing in Gaza will reopen this weekend, a crucial step after years of near-total closure. Thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians can access medical care, and families can begin to reunite. The relief is real, but still limited. 1/2
There are very few spaces for serious, values-driven conversations on Israel and US politics. This is one of them.
Join us at J Street’s 2026 National Convention in DC, February 28 – March 3. Use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off.
jstreet.org/convention
Join us at J Street’s 2026 National Convention in DC, February 28 – March 3. Use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off.
jstreet.org/convention
January 30, 2026 at 5:37 PM
There are very few spaces for serious, values-driven conversations on Israel and US politics. This is one of them.
Join us at J Street’s 2026 National Convention in DC, February 28 – March 3. Use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off.
jstreet.org/convention
Join us at J Street’s 2026 National Convention in DC, February 28 – March 3. Use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off.
jstreet.org/convention