J Street Launches Campaign Supporting Tough US Stand On Israel

[Purveyor]

J Street has launched a campaign in support of Washington's firm stance on Israel's latest approved building plan in East Jerusalem, the dovish U.S. pro-Israel lobby announced on Tuesday.

Israel's announcement of plans to build 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem strained ties with the U.S., which has said it regarded last week's decision - made public while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in Israel - as an insult.

Recent U.S.-Israel tensions were used by "hawkish pro-Israel activists," according to the announcement posted on J Street's website, "to attack the Obama Administration over Israel, urging the Administration to slow down and back off."

In response to this, the left-leaning lobby said, "the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement is stepping up strong."

"Earlier this week, J Street leadership delivered over 18,000 signatures to White House officials demonstrating that large numbers of pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans agree with the Vice President when he says 'sometimes only a friend can deliver the hardest truth,' and urging the Administration to turn this crisis into an opportunity for progress on two states," the group's announcement said.

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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1157102.html

[Larkspur]

1. Good for J Street

and keep it coming.

[Jefferson23]

2. 18,000 signatures is not shabby.