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A Liberal Zionist Lobby Faces an Anti-Israel Moment
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J Street president Jeremy Ben-Ami at the group’s national convention in March.
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Last month, two days after J Street officially dropped its support for US military aid to Israel, J Street chief policy officer Ilan Goldenberg turned up on Pod Save America, a favorite stop for Democratic Party progressives. It should have been a comfortable venue for the liberal Zionist lobby group, which has endorsed most Democrats in Congress. But the conversation between Goldenberg and host Tommy Vietor was tense. When Goldenberg offered a stock J Street line about how the group supports a “23-state solution”—Palestinian statehood achieved through a regional deal—Vietor objected: Palestinians can’t have peace and self-determination until Israel makes “peace with every single neighbor?”
Will ending US military aid make Israel stronger or more vulnerable?
A new defense memorandum of understanding between the United States and Israel that would wean Israel off its foreign military funding (FMF vouchers) could give Israel greater decision-making independence when it comes to defending itself and acting against threats, according to Dr. Raphael Ben Levi, a senior research fellow at the Misgav Institute and director of the Churchill Program at the Argaman Institute.
Today, the playing field between Israel and the United States is skewed, he explained, as reports published last week said that negotiations over the MOU will begin this month.
It is skewed because Israel is the client of American largesse, meaning the United States provides Israel with funding to purchase defense tools from American companies.
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