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Friend --

When the sun sets this evening, Hanukkah will be over. And so will our
ability to match every gift that comes in.

We still have over $10,000 in matching funds available, so please -- if
you’re planning to give to J Street this December -- consider making your
donation before tonight’s deadline so that we can make sure your gift is
doubled.

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Of course, that’s not the only reason now is an important time to support
J Street.

Despite two important victories this year -- defeating Trump and stalling
Friedman and Netanyahu’s push for de jure West Bank annexation -- our
vision for a just peace between Israelis and Palestinians remains under
threat.

In Israel, demolitions of Palestinian property have reached record levels
as the settlement movement aims to extend its control over the West Bank.
As I write, there are moves afoot to retroactively legalize outposts
currently illegal -- even under Israeli law. And Netanyahu is advancing
plans for a hugely controversial new settlement between Palestinian areas
of East Jerusalem and Bethlehem -- setting up a major confrontation in the
early days of the new administration.

Here in the US, the Trump administration is cramming through a series of
last-ditch measures designed to boost the settlement movement and silence
critics of the occupation in the US and abroad. These include new rules
that require settlement goods to be falsely labeled ‘made in Israel’ and
which allow US grants to fund projects within the settlements. And there’s
a good chance that, in the next few weeks, the State Department will issue
a blacklist of human rights organizations that monitor and document
Israeli activity in the West Bank -- a move with far-reaching implications
not just for Israel/Palestine but for human rights work across the globe.

These actions by the Netanyahu government and the Trump administration are
reversible. But it won’t be easy.

We’ll need the resources to fight these early policy battles, working with
Congress and the next administration to begin repairing relations with the
Palestinians, demonstrate meaningful opposition to settlement expansion
and reaffirm the US commitment to a two-state solution. And, we’ll need to
be ready to have the backs of these leaders when the far-right inevitably
pushes back with its usual smears and intimidation tactics.

[ [link removed] ]More than ever, this moment calls for a strong pro-Israel, pro-peace
movement. Can we count on your support?

Thank you for standing with J Street.

- Jeremy Ben-Ami
President, J Street

 


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