Word on the Street
Jeremy Ben-Ami, Larry Garber, Ilan Goldenberg, frank lowenstein, Liam Hamama, Jen Gavito, Yael Patir, Adam DeakinWe fill the gap between extremes on Israel/Palestine and on critical issues for Jewish Americans, providing thoughtful commentary and practical solutions for readers to bring into their community conversations. Published by J Street.
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ICYMI: Palestinian and Arab Voices Belong in DC
This week on Word on the Street Live, I spoke with Alia Awadallah, a Palestinian American who served in the Biden Administration, and Rebecca Abou-Chedid, a Lebanese American who has spent her career working in Arab American advocacy and Mi...
Explainer: Palestinian Prisoner Payment Reform
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The Palestinian Authority (PA) prisoner payment program, known by Palestinians as the Martyrs Fund and by many Israelis and American Jews as “pay-for-slay,” is being overhauled pursuant to a February 2025 decree by PA President...
How Abdul El-Sayed – and All of Us – Can Build Bridges in Michigan
The winner of this week’s Democratic primary, Abdul El-Sayed, provokes heated emotions on both sides of a real divide in the Party. Many Jewish Democrats who care deeply about Israel are unsettled by progressive critiques of the country and...
How to Criticize Israeli Policy Without Inadvertently Feeding Antisemitism
The other day I sat in on a focus group of Democratic voters that included a discussion about Israel and Gaza.
There was plenty of criticism of Israel. That wasn’t surprising. Poll after poll shows that Democratic voters have become far mo...
New Gaza Ceasefire Roadmap Hanging in the Balance
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Overview
The Board of Peace’s (BoP) announcement last Friday (7/31) of a new roadmap to full implementation of the October 2025 Gaza Ceasefire Agreement had the potential to be a significant step forward. Most importantly,...
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President of J Street, the political home of pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy Americans. Veteran leader in both American politics and policy.
I am an experienced international development professional with more than 35 years working for USAID and various international NGOs. From 1999-2004, I served as USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director and from 2004-2009 as CEO of the New Israel Fund.
Ilan Goldenberg is Chief Policy Officer at J Street. He served as Vice President Kamala Harris's Special Advisor on the Middle East at the White House and Jewish Outreach Director on the 2024 Presidential campaign.
Former Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations under President Obama.
Policy Analyst at J Street
Former State Department official, J Street Policy Expert, Atlantic Council Non-Resident Senior Fellow
SENIOR DIRECTOR AND ADVISOR WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC POLICY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS and MIDDLE EAST. A sister, a mother, peace loving humanist.
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