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Americans for Peace Now, another dovish American Jewish lobby group, comes out with a statement on the congressional Goldstone resolution that’s similar, substantively, to J Street’s.
APN has serious reservations about H. Res. 867. We do not believe that Israel or the cause of peace is aided by a Congressional effort that, however well-intentioned, is [...]

In a statement to be sent to supporters, J Street, the pro-Israel-pro-peace American Jewish lobby group, is urging members of Congress not to pass to significantly modify a resolution condemning U.N. investigator Richard Goldstone’s report into war crimes committed by Israel and Hamas during last year’s conflict. That resolution, strongly supported by other American Jewish [...]

Obama seeks to cultivate ties with groups within the American Jewish and Arab-American communities to support a two-state solution.

I’m at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, where at 1 p.m., retired Gen. Jim Jones, President Obama’s national security adviser, will deliver a keynote speech on the administration’s approach to peacemaking in the Middle East to the first annual conference assembled by J Street, the year-old pro-Israel, pro-peace lobby. He’ll be part of a panel [...]

Ben Smith has the news about the liberal Jewish group’s big event, which he suggests will “reassure skittish Democrats about the conference” after Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) made a high-profile bail-out.

The American Jewish pro-peace pro-Israel pro-Palestinian organization urges the Nobel Laureate president to use his enhanced prestige to push forward with an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict:
J Street congratulates President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The President’s bold international leadership has had a profound impact on global dynamics, reestablishing hope for a [...]

Here’s a statement from Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of progressive Jewish lobby J Street, on the Obama/Netanyahu meet:
J Street commends President Barack Obama on restating today his commitment to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and his serious intent to pursue a viable and sustainable resolution to the broader Arab-Israeli conflict.
Peace and security for [...]

Juan Cole surveys the American debate over the week-long Israeli war in Gaza and finds something surprising:
The Israeli propaganda blitz around their attack on Gaza has been greeted with uncharacteristic skepticism by the American public and even by some of the mainstream US press.
Juan attributes that to a couple of things, first among them is [...]

Pro-Israel and pro-peace groups argue both are possible.