J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 A Moral Stain ⚠️ | Israeli-American Hostage Edan Alexander Comes Home 🏠 | Takeaways from Trump’s Middle East Trip ✈️ | Majority of Jewish Americans Think Trump is Antisemitic 📊 | This Week’s Must-Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. This Week: A Moral Stain ⚠️ | I…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Grappling with The Trump Doctrine in the Middle East

  Trying to understand Donald Trump’s ever-shifting approach to foreign policy is like nailing jello to a wall. But with the president in the Middle East this week, we might be seeing the solidification of a second-term ‘Trump Doctrine’ – or at least the closest thing to one that we mi…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

May 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM

A Moral and Strategic Tragedy for Israel

  Friends, I’m deeply disturbed by the humanitarian situation in Gaza. As reported in the New York Times, Israeli military officials warned their superiors already days ago that “immediate steps were needed” to ensure aid can be delivered “fast enough to prevent starvation.” The latest …

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Majority of House and Senate Democrats Press on Humanitarian Aid 🏛️ | Netanyahu’s Gaza Re-Occupation Plan ⚠️ | Policy Center Corner 🔍 | This Week’s Must-Reads (And Watches!) 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And much more. This Week: Majority of House and Senate Democrats Press on …

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

May 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM

Now Public: Humanitarian Aid Letter

  Friends, Almost 100 House Democrats signed on to the J Street-backed congressional letter urging the Netanyahu government to end its “morally wrong” and “strategically counterproductive” blockade of all food, shelter, medicine and other humanitarian supplies from Gaza. As Jews and Ame…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

May 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM

[Today] What to Expect from Trump’s Middle East Trip

  Dear Friends, President Trump takes off for the Middle East on Monday. There’s no shortage of pressing issues up for discussion in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE. However, it's still unclear what Trump’s reaction will be to the Israeli government’s newly announced plans to re-seize l…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

May 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM

UPDATE: Right-wing groups lobby against humanitarian aid

  Friends, J Streeters around the country are hard at work rallying support for a congressional letter urging the Netanyahu government to end its two-month blockade of humanitarian aid access into Gaza. I’m reaching out because our records show we don’t yet have your signature on our co…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM

Netanyahu’s Gaza Re-Occupation Plan

  Friends, As the details of Netanyahu’s “total victory” plan for Gaza come into sharper focus, it’s looking more and more like a catastrophic plan for permanent occupation – a goal long championed by the most extreme members of his government. Netanyahu took another dramatic step in th…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

May 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM

[Briefing] What to Expect from Trump’s Middle East Trip

  Friends, For the first time in his second term, President Trump is headed to the Middle East. Next week, he’ll be visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE to “strengthen ties,” according to the White House. The visit comes as the Middle East agenda is quite full, including the ongoing…

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

May 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM

[VOTE NOW] Election ends today!

  Friends, I’ll be brief. Today is the last day to vote in the World Zionist Congress election. If you have procrastinated or have been on the fence, now is the time! J Street has proudly endorsed the Hatikvah Slate (Line 16 on the ballot). If you want to help us stop millions of dollar…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Tell Netanyahu To Stop Blocking Aid ✍️ | American Jews Reject Trump’s Exploitation of Genuine Fears About Antisemitism ✊ | Marking Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut 🕯️ | The View From Capitol Hill 🏛️ | Last Chance to Vote Hatikvah! ✡️ | Next Week: The People’s Peace Summit 👐 | This Week’s Must-Reads…

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

May 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM

[ADD YOUR NAME] Stop Blocking Humanitarian Aid

  Friends, For 61 days, the Netanyahu government has blocked all humanitarian aid from every entry point into Gaza: No food. No antibiotics. No fuel. No nutrition tablets. No childhood vaccines. The impact is devastating: Women enduring C-sections without anesthesia. Parents scavenging …

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

May 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM

A Personal Reflection on Israel’s Independence Day

  Dear Friends, I’ve just returned from a visit to the kibbutz where I lived for 12 years – where my daughter was born, where I still have beloved family, friends and community – and I found myself reflecting deeply on the past, present and future of the State of Israel this Independenc…

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  Emily Reeves Keller, J Street · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM

Invitation for You from J Street 💌

  Dear Friend, At a time when democracy is under threat at home and abroad, we’re reminded of the power and importance of standing up to defend our values. While the Trump Administration continues its war against the Constitution, putting our rights and liberties at risk, and Netanyahu…

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

April 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM

[Happening Tomorrow] Israel @ 77: What we're honoring. What we're fighting for.

  Dear Friends, In Israel, our partner organizations and loved ones have already begun marking Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. While we may not be on the ground with them, we still have the opportunity to join them in honoring Israel’s founding values of justice, equality, de…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

April 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Senators Risk Empowering Trump’s Crackdown

  Dear Friends, With President Trump continuing to hijack the fight against antisemitism to attack universities, bypass due process and deport foreign students, we’re now deeply worried that senators are about to walk into a trap that will only make things worse. Let me explain: There’s…

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  Allie Berg, J Street · [email protected]

April 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM

Friends, Join us at the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Event

  Dear Friends, Twenty years ago, Israelis and Palestinians who had each lost loved ones to the conflict came together to create something extraordinary: A joint Memorial Day ceremony. They chose to mourn together and work to build a future grounded in empathy, dignity and peace for bot…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

  Ben-Gvir Does Not Speak for Us 📢 | Yom Hashoah 2025 🕯️ | Trump’s Attacks on Higher Ed Don’t Stop at the Ivies 🎓 | J Street Champions Lead the Charge against Trump’s Authoritarian Deportations ✊ | Vote Hatikvah Before Polls Close! ✡️ | Next Tuesday: The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremo…

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  Ilan Goldenberg, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM

[New Substack] The Double Standard Facing Dems on Israel and Antisemitism

  Hi Friends, From the Trump Administration’s handling of the Iran nuclear issue to the attempted arson of Governor Josh Shapiro’s home, Democrats have long been held to a double standard on Israel and antisemitism. Why do Trump and Republicans always get the benefit of the doubt while …

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

April 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM

Today: Meet the University President Challenging Trump

 🔵 Dear Friends, This afternoon, Wesleyan University President Michael Roth joins J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami for a can’t-miss discussion on the Trump Administration’s all-out assault on higher education. Register now to tune in live at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific >> In recen…

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  Sam Berkman, J Street · [email protected]

April 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM

[Invite] Israel @ 77: What we're honoring. What we're fighting for.

  Friends, As American patriots and supporters of Israel, we share a profound love for both countries. And yet we see so clearly the dangerous, authoritarian paths leaders from both countries are taking. To paraphrase Frederick Douglass, the best friend of a nation is one who acknowledg…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Meet the University President Challenging Trump

 🔵 Wesleyan’s Michael Roth joins me live this week. Register so you don’t miss out. Friends, A tale of two Americas. A fork in the road. Pick your metaphor. On the one side, we see some university administrators accepting Trump Administration demands wholesale. Social media executives b…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

April 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM

Itamar Ben-Gvir: Get Outta Here

  Friends, Few Israeli politicians represent all that is wrong with Israel’s right-wing leadership today more than Netanyahu’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir. In less than two decades, Ben-Gvir has gone from a beyond-the-pale right-wing extremist and convicted felon to Isra…

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  Nick Shulevitz, J Street · [email protected]

April 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM

[2025 Support Pending] Passover update for You

  Hi There – it’s Nick from J Street’s development team. I wanted to send a massive thank you to everyone who's helped push us so close to our $50,000 Passover fundraising goal. Across the country, hundreds of folks in our J Street community have chipped in, and we're now just about $13…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

April 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 Lawmakers Mobilize Against Trump’s Political Arrests ✍️ | Jewish Leaders: Stand Up to Trump’s Authoritarian Attacks on Students ✊| Nick Kristof on Covering Today’s Atrocities 🎙️ | At a Time of Crisis, a Movement Rises 🕊️| Reject Anti-Palestinian Terrorism, Reject Ben Gvir 🛑 | This Week’s Must Reads…

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  Jessica Blum, J Street · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Update for You: Passover fundraising goal

  Dear Friends, If Passover teaches us anything, it’s that the battle for freedom is neither short nor easy. Our ancestors didn’t give up in ancient times – and J Street certainly won’t today. Our generation’s struggle isn’t against the pharaohs of the past but the wannabe autocrats of …

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

April 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM

🔵 Today: Nick Kristof on Covering Today’s Atrocities

  Dear Friends, Don’t miss out on today’s live discussion with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Kristof on his recent experience documenting the cruelties of war on the ground in Israel and Palestine. Register here to tune in at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific >> Nick has dedicat…

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  Lily Adelstein, J Street · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM

[SIGNATURE PENDING] Stop Anti-Democratic Arrests of Pro-Palestinian Students

  Friends, We don't yet have your name on our urgent Congressional petition supporting the constitutional rights and freedoms of lawful US residents. Our petition follows the arrest on Monday of Mohsen Mahdawi, a lawful permanent resident who has been in the US for 10 years, and who Don…

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  Allie Berg, J Street · [email protected]

April 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM

[Reminder] Support our Hometown Hero – Rep. McClellan

J Street   Friends,  We’re three weeks away from our first JStreetPAC Hometown Hero event of the year and we couldn’t be more excited to spotlight one of the boldest new advocates for our values and principles in Congress: Rep. Jennifer McClellan. Join us on Tuesday, May 6 at 6…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM

In Every Generation: Our Generation’s Time to Answer the Call

  Friends, This weekend, many of us celebrated Passover with our families. During the seder, we recalled how “in every generation” threats and enemies rise up against us, and we undoubtedly recounted the suffering our own families experienced. Jewish families around the world have seen…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM

Nick Kristof on Covering Today’s Atrocities

 🔵 Register for my Thursday discussion with the New York Times columnist Friends, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nick Kristof has just returned from Israel and the West Bank, penning a series of blistering New York Times columns on the brutal impact of war on civilians, the failures …

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  J Street · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Wishing you a meaningful Passover

 From all of us at J Street, we're wishing you a meaningful Passover. May the story of our ancestors guide us to fight for freedom and justice for all. DONATE © 2025 J Street | www.jstreet.org | [email protected] J Street is the political home…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Tell Trump: You Don’t Speak for Us 💪 | Passover Lessons for Fighting Modern Day Pharaohs ✊ | Tragedies in Gaza and the West Bank ⚠️ | Huckabee Confirmed – Despite Massive Democratic Opposition 🚨 | Policy Center Corner 🔍 | This Week’s Must Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️ | And m…

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  Adee Telem, J Street · [email protected]

April 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM

Help us act on the lessons of Passover ➡️

 We’re doubling down on our efforts to fight back against authoritarianism and the exploitation of antisemitism, and we need your help to fund this work. Friends, Looking ahead to Passover, a celebration of freedom and liberation, everyone at J Street is reflecting on the lessons the J…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

April 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM

Sign The ‘Not In Our Name’ Petition

 ➡️ Trump is hijacking our community’s genuine fears of antisemitism to push a radical anti-democratic agenda that threatens the freedoms, fairness and opportunities that make America great. We must stand together and we must stand up to it. Friends, We are being used. Since the day he …

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

April 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM

Huckabee, Netanyahu, and incidents in the West Bank and Gaza

    Hi There, The news comes fast and furious these days. I don’t want to overwhelm you, but want to make sure you’ve seen a few key bits of news over the past few days: One, the Senate is expected to confirm Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas to be US Ambassador to Israel.  J Stree…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

April 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM

Fighting modern day Pharaohs

    Hi There, For the past couple of months, I’ve been writing a weekly commentary on Substack called Word on the Street, providing my latest thinking on all things at the intersection of Israel-Palestine, the American Jewish community and US politics. This week, I focused on four lesso…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

April 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Standing Up To Trump’s Authoritarian Attacks on Higher Ed 🎓 | Settlers Terrorize Palestinian Communities 🔥 | One More Month to Vote Your Values ✡️ | Trump’s Damaging, Arbitrary and Nonsensical Tariffs 📉 | Policy Center Corner 🔍 | This Week’s Must Reads 📖 | Our Pro-Democracy To-Do List 🗳️…

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  Avraham Spraragen, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

April 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM

[Today] An Alternate Path for Israeli Policy

  Friends, Today at 12:30pm Eastern, I’ll be moderating an important briefing with two Israeli policy experts about their vision for a new Israeli approach designed to achieve lasting peace and true regional integration. Register to join us here >> Dr. Assaf David and Dr. Smadar B…

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  Adina Vogel Ayalon, J Street · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM

📣 Saturday: Anti-Trump ‘HANDS OFF!’ Rallies

  Friend, It’s time to show up and fight back. This Saturday, pro-democracy groups across the country are rallying together for the largest mass protest of the second Trump Presidency – and we’re calling on all J Streeters to join them. Led by our friends at Indivisible, MoveOn, the Wor…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

April 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM

🔵 Today: Students Respond to Trump’s Attacks

  Dear Friends, Join us at 11am Eastern for a briefing on Trump’s assault on democratic freedoms and our higher education system – we’ll be joined by students from the University of Michigan and Brown University as well as Stacy Burdett, antisemitism expert and inclusion consultant. Don…

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  Erin Beiner, J Street U · [email protected]

March 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM

[Briefing] Students Respond to Trump’s Attacks

 🔵 Tomorrow, hear directly from J Street U student leaders about how Trump’s assault on higher education makes them less safe. Friends, The situation on college campuses has never been so dire. Students tell us their classmates are walking around with copies of papers, fearful they coul…

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  Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street · [email protected]

March 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM

The test of our times

  Friends, In less than 70 days since Donald Trump took office, it’s become very dark, very fast. Dark for America and our democracy. Dark for Israel and the Jewish peoples’ hopes for a secure, democratic future for their national home. Every day brings a new nightmare. Students rounded…

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  Allie Berg, J Street · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM

[Join Us] “Hometown Hero” Event with Rep. Jennifer McClellan

  Hello Friends, As violence resurges in Gaza and the Trump Administration continues down its dangerous authoritarian path, the need for principled, pro-democracy leadership in Congress has never been more urgent. We need leaders who will defend our values both abroad and here at home. …

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Tell Your Senators, Vote No on Huckabee ✍️ | The Greatest Threat to Jewish Safety is Fascism 🚨| Introducing Our Policy Center Team ⭐| J Street’s Haggadah Supplement 🕊️ | Our Democracy To-Do List 🗳️| And much more. This Week: Tell Your Senators, Vote No on Huckabee ✍️ | The G…

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  Erin Beiner, J Street U · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM

Trump is exploiting antisemitism to push his agenda

    Friends, Far from lowering the temperature on campus tensions and supporting students from all backgrounds, the Trump Administration is making a challenging situation worse – which is what J Street U is hearing from our students across the country. At J Street, we’re appalled by the…

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  Avraham Spraragen, J Street Policy Center · [email protected]

March 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM

[Briefing] An Alternate Path for Israeli Policy

  Friends, This year, J Street’s friends at the Forum for Regional Thinking and The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute released a landmark report answering a question we’ve heard a lot recently: What else is Israel to do? Titled “The Present Day: Peacemaking Alternatives for Israeli Policy,” …

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  Hannah Morris, J Street · [email protected]

March 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM

Tell the Senate vote NO on Huckabee

  Hi There – it’s Hannah, J Street’s Director of Government Affairs. Today, the Senate considered President Trump’s nominee for US Ambassador to Israel: Former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee. When asked if he supported West Bank annexation, he said, "Yes sir." When given the opportu…

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  J Street Communications · [email protected]

March 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Weekly Recap 📥

 This Week: Netanyahu Reignites the Gaza War 🔥| Trump Targets the Department of Education 📚| J Street on the Hill 🏛️| The Future We’re Fighting For ✊ | Defining “Pro-Israel” in 2025 🇮🇱 | Our Democracy To-Do List 🗳️| And much more. Our Weekly Recap: Netanyahu Reignites the Gaza War 🔥| T…

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  Nate Wolfson, J Street · [email protected]

March 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM

Today: The Cost of Reigniting the Gaza War

 🔵 Briefing: 11am Eastern / 8am Pacific | Dear Friends, We’ll be joined shortly for an urgent, interactive briefing by seasoned Middle East policy experts Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin and Ilan Goldenberg. I wanted to be sure you had a chance to register. Click here to join us today at 11am Ea…

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