Friends --
If you’re getting booed by the same crowd that’s cheering for Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Mike Pompeo and Ron DeSantis, you’re probably doing something right.
So when Trump’s former UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, started her speech to the Republican Jewish Coalition on Saturday by slamming J Street, I’m proud to tell you we got the same ‘enthusiastic’ response as mentions of Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden.
“J Street, what’s up with them?” Haley riffed. “Supposedly they claim to be a pro-Israel organization? I will never understand that.”
And look, Haley is right. She will never understand us.
Because if you view the ‘right’ kind of pro-Israel American Jews as being far-right mega-donors, or settlement-movement champions like Jared Kushner, or pro-Trump cheer-squads like the RJC, then those of us who are actually fighting for our values of justice, equality, democracy and peace must be utterly beyond comprehension.
Friends -- Would you consider a contribution of $18 -- or any other amount -- to support the kind of pro-Israel, pro-peace anti-occupation work that Nikki Haley just doesn’t get? Together, we can show that “what’s up” with J Street is we’re fighting unapologetically for the values of the overwhelming majority of Jewish American voters.
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Because here’s the truth: Championing settlements, annexation and endless occupation isn’t just empowering the Israeli right, undermining American leadership and trampling Palestinian rights -- it’s also threatening the very future of Israel as a just, peaceful, democratic homeland for the Jewish people. And that’s the Israel we’re fighting for.
We might have no hope of getting through to folks like Ambassador Haley -- especially when the person whose approval they crave the most is Donald Trump -- but that’s not going to stop us from working in Washington and around the country to make clear that right-wing groups like the RJC don’t speak for the majority of our community.
The majority of us want our leaders to stand consistently for our values, to push back against settlements and occupation, and to pursue a vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace rooted in our shared values of justice, equality and freedom. Please consider a donation of $18 -- or any other amount -- to be a part of that work.
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Thank you, sincerely, for your support.
Best,
Hannah Morris
Deputy Director of Government Affairs, J Street
