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Jewish Illinois rep. withdraws endorsement for congressional candidate over AIPAC ties

Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month. Now, she said, she cannot let her endorsement stand.

A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.
DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT Representative Tom Malinowski participates in a get out the vote event ahead of next month’s midterm elections on October 29, 2022 in Rahway, New Jersey.

AIPAC ads against pro-Israel New Jersey candidate open to conditions for US aid backfires

 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks at an Election Night party in Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 4, 2025.

Jacob Frey, Jewish mayor of Minneapolis, defeats challenger who drew Mamdani comparisons

J STREET FOUNDER Jeremy Ben-Ami is flanked by Jill Jacobs of T’ruah (left) and Margo Hughes-Robinson of Partners for Progressive Israel. Ben-Ami used his platform to push divisive political resolutions, the writer charges.

WZC supposed to be about unity; J Street made it about division - opinion


Does the new US foreign spending bill condition aid to Israel? - analysis

Here’s a breakdown of the Israel-related content in the Department of State’s Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act for 2022, and why it matters.

Howard Kohr, Ceo of AIPAC, testifies before the House Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC on March 12, 2019. The hearing was a State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee hearing on FY2020 appropriations for State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs.

J Street drops bid to join Zionist umbrella group

The movement’s leadership denied any plan to keep out J Street, saying it was observing protocols and seeking to be fair to newer members of the umbrella

A J Street panel meeting

Examining the relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry - opinion

Left and Right, religious and secular, we have become too pedantic toward Diaspora Jewry. We have not paid sufficient attention to almost half of our people who do not live in the Jewish state.

American and Israeli Jews [Illustrative]

J Street is the go-to Israel-focused US NGO? God help us! - opinion

It is clear that J Street and its fellow travelers like Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow view Israel through the prism of the American Jewish experience.

A J Street panel meeting

Can J Street stoop any lower in backing anti-Israel views? - opinion

NGO is lobbying to restrict US military aid to Israel and moving towards a ‘confederated state’ to replace Israel.

A J Street panel meeting

Proposed limit on US aid to Israel tests the pro-Israel diaspora - opinion

The pro-Israel diaspora have every reason to be concerned as the US House of Representatives debate placing limits on the financial aid they provide to Israel.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington in 2015.

What J Street means for Progressives' views on Israel - analysis

J Street, with its predictable talking points and focus on a two-state solution, should not be dismissed as a one-trick pony with little impact.

A J Street panel meeting

Abbas to J Street: US must rescind declaration of PLO as terror group

"A one-state solution, an apartheid state... is something neither, we nor the entire world would accept. A one-state solution will only perpetuate the conflict," Abbas said.

THEN-US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016.

Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas to address J Street conference

J Street, a liberal Jewish Middle East policy group, is spearheading a bid to keep Biden to his promise of restoring US relations with the Palestinians.

THEN-US VICE-PRESIDENT Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in 2016.

Groups back bill that restricts Israeli spending of US aid

U.S. assistance to Israel, $3.8 billion a year, overwhelmingly goes to weapons systems.

The US Capitol Building can be seen from behind fencing with barbed wire in Washington, US, January 28, 2021