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This Week: Winds of Change in the Democratic Party ⬅️ | A Horrifying
Terror Attack on Yom Kippur 🕯️ | The Promise and Peril of Trump’s Gaza
Deal 📄 | No Kings, No Silence 👑 | J Street Deeply Disturbed by FBI
Director Cutting Ties With ADL ⚠️ | Drumbeat Against Annexation 🚧 | This
is a Time of Jewish Reckoning with Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer 🎙️ | This Week’s
Must-Reads/Listens 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more.

⬅️ Winds of Change in the Democratic Party: J Street was founded to
redefine what it means to be pro-Israel. The old definition of
“pro-Israel” – blind loyalty and unconditional support for the Israeli
government – is collapsing. This week, the New York Times reports we’re
building a stronger, more honest, more sustainable vision of how to
support a secure, Jewish and democratic Israel. [ [link removed] ]Read and share the
story here [🎁gift link] >>

🕯️ A Horrifying Terror Attack on Yom Kippur: This year, we’ve witnessed a
terrifying rise in attacks against the Jewish community, and yesterday, on
Yom Kippur, we were devastated to hear news of a car ramming and stabbing
attack at a synagogue in Manchester, England. We [ [link removed] ]wrote, “We are
horrified and heartbroken by this senseless, deadly terror attack. Our
hearts are with the victims, their families, and the Jewish community -
both in Manchester and around the world - as we watch our greatest fears
realized. This hatred must be universally condemned.”

📄 The Promise and Peril of Trump’s Gaza Deal: On Monday, Trump unveiled a
20-point deal in a joint press conference with Netanyahu. "This moment
holds both real promise and tremendous peril. We welcome Trump’s plan,
which reflects principles long championed by J Street and the
international community – hostages released, an end to the war, aid into
Gaza, no displacement or permanent occupation, and Hamas disarmed and
removed from power," we wrote. [ [link removed] ]Read our statement >>

* What’s at Stake: “This deal only works if Hamas is forced to [say] yes
– and if both Netanyahu and Hamas are forced to follow through on its
intent. And that will only happen with sustained and unrelenting
pressure and vigilance from the United States.” J Street Chief Policy
Officer Ilan Goldenberg writes, “And there’s the true peril: If this
deal falters – if Hamas refuses, if Netanyahu brings it down, if
patience wears thin – then Trump has signaled he would give Netanyahu
a green light to ‘finish the job’ and all but flatten Gaza.” [ [link removed] ]Read
more >>

* WATCH: Reacting to Trump and Netanyahu's Meeting in DC: Following the
White House meeting and press conference between Trump and Netanyahu,
J Street experts gathered to offer their reactions and
analysis. [ [link removed] ]Watch here >>

👑 No Kings, No Silence: J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami writes, "At my
synagogue in Washington DC, Rabbi Jonathan Roos delivered a Rosh Hashanah
sermon that ended not in quiet contemplation but with a standing ovation.
Trust me: that never happens. That it did demonstrates just how deep the
thirst is for principled voices willing to confront the dangers we face."
[ [link removed] ]Read the full blog post here >>

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* [ [link removed] ]Sign up to attend No Kings rallies with J Streeters here >>

⚠️ J Street Deeply Disturbed by FBI Director Cutting Ties With ADL: “While
we have had our differences with the ADL over the years, the organization
has played a central role in combating antisemitism and extremism in the
United States for more than a century. Ending the FBI’s long-term
partnership with the ADL, while smearing the organization in this manner,
will only embolden extremists and make American Jews less safe.” [ [link removed] ]Read
more >>

🚧 Drumbeat Against Annexation: Just prior to the Trump-Netanyahu meeting,
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Ranking Members Shaheen,
Reed, Warner, Coons, Schatz, and Durbin emphasized President Trump’s
recent statement opposing annexation, saying: “This statement underscores
the long-standing policy of Republicans and Democrats alike to reject
unilateral steps in the West Bank that undermine the prospects for peace.”
[ [link removed] ]Read here >>

🎙️ This is a Time of Jewish Reckoning with Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer: Jeremy and
Ilan sat down with Yehuda Kurtzer of the Shalom Hartman Institute to dive
into the themes of the High Holidays – reflection, atonement, forgiveness
and renewal – and how they speak to this complicated moment for the Jewish
people and the State of Israel. Watch the full [ [link removed] ]Word on the Street
Live here >>

📖 This Week’s Must-Reads/Listens:

* [ [link removed] ]Israel, Palestine and the Peace Option
J Street Israel Executive Director Nadav Tamir writes in a letter to
the editor in the New York Times, “Recognizing a Palestinian state is
not a reward for Hamas, as some suggest, but a reward for us, Israel’s
citizens. We need a Palestinian state no less than the Palestinians do
because it would end the burden of occupation — one that has eroded
our society for decades and, over the past two years, dragged us into
a moral and political crisis, threatening Israel’s future.”

* [ [link removed] ]How Netanyahu Aims to Obstruct the Gaza Plan He Was Forced to
Accept From Trump
Amos Harel writes in Haaretz, "The fact that the drafters of the plan
didn't set a binding timetable for the IDF's withdrawal could
complicate things down the line."

* [ [link removed] ]A Journey Between Pessimism and Optimism in the US
Nadav Tamir writes, "American Jewry, the vast majority of which is
liberal, is experiencing a dual crisis with enormous intensity."

* [ [link removed] ]Tony Blair’s Long Experience in the Middle East is Both His
Strength and His Weakness
Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka write "After leaving office in 2007,
Blair was appointed Middle East envoy by the 'Quartet' of the United
States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations — a post
that began with great promise but which struggled to deliver dramatic
changes in its quest to promote peace between Israel and the
Palestinians." 

🗳️  Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List:

[17][ ]  NEW [ [link removed] ]Find a No Kings Rally to attend on October 18 >>

[19][ ]  [ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Support the West Bank Violence Prevention Act
>>

[21][ ]  [ [link removed] ]Order J Street Merch >>

[23][ ] [ [link removed] ]Tell Secretary Rubio: Stop punishing Gaza’s children >>

[25][ ]  [ [link removed] ]Tell Jewish leaders: We must speak out to end the war >>

[27][ ]  [ [link removed] ]Find pro-Israel, pro-democracy, pro-peace candidates at
JStreetPAC.org >>

[29][ ] [ [link removed] ]Sign up for J Street’s 2026 National Convention >>

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