Two million Palestinians in Gaza deserve a way out of this endless horror. The Board of Peace roadmap offers one: Hamas disarms, Israel withdraws and an alternative Palestinian government takes over. Netanyahu shouldn’t be allowed to block it, and the U.S. needs to press Israel to follow through.

Netanyahu says Israel ‘didn’t agree’ to Board of Peace’s terms for disarming Hamas

After extended silence, PM insists IDF won't withdraw from 'current lines' until Hamas fully disarmed, in seeming opposition to US-backed plan for initial Israeli pullback within Gaza

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Congratulations to all of these J Street endorsed candidates on their primary wins last night! ⬇️🧵

What if Israel’s problem isn’t that the world doesn’t understand us – but that the world sees what we refuse to confront? J Street Israel Executive Director Nadav Tamir on why Israel’s future depends on taking a hard look in the mirror. Read more: blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-world-is...

The Blogs: The world is against us, but what does that have to do with us?

Israelis think we can win back international support by training better spokespeople. The real solution is much more challenging

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These are human beings swimming for their lives, some carrying their children to safety. They deserve to be seen as people and not as pawns in a far-fetched antisemitic conspiracy theory about Israel. 1/2 forward.com/news/842723/...

How the Ceuta migration crisis became fodder for anti-Israel conspiracy theorists

Pundits on the left and the right resurfaced a seven-year-old tweet by Yair Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister's son

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What happened in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary – and what does it mean about shifting politics around Israel? 1/2

LIVE SOON: Michigan After the Vote (with Jessica 'Decky' Alexander)

Starting Aug 5 at 4:00 PM EDT

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Thank you to Reps. Derek Tran, Ami Bera and Salud Carbajal for leading 65 of their colleagues in demanding answers on ongoing restrictions by Israeli authorities on aid entering Gaza. 1/2 tran.house.gov/media/press-...

Representatives Tran, Bera and Carbajal Lead 65 Members Urging Secretary Rubio to Address Dual-Use Restrictions Impeding Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Representatives Derek Tran (CA-45), Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), and Salud Carbajal (CA-24) led a group of 65 Members of Congress in urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to ...

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AIPAC has spent tens of millions trying to enforce unconditional support for Israel where it just doesn’t exist. But as @jeremybenami.bsky.social writes, money can’t buy back the trust that has been lost among American voters. The U.S.-Israel relationship needs a different strategy. 1/2

The Beatles' Message to AIPAC: Money Can't Buy You Love

Tens of millions in SuperPAC spending isn't how you fix what ails the U.S.-Israel relationship.

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Every election cycle, we hear predictions that American Jews are abandoning the Democratic Party. The data keeps telling a different story. As @haliesoifer.bsky.social writes, Jewish voters have overwhelmingly backed Democrats for years – and our own polling is consistent with that trend. 1/2

Opinion | Why American Jews will once again favor Democrats this fall

The vast majority of Democratic candidates in this year's midterm elections share the values and concerns of American Jews, much more than extremist Republicans aligned with Trump

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Thank you to @salinas.house.gov and @repkweisimfume.bsky.social for leading 63 colleagues in pressing the Trump Administration to enforce the ceasefire in Gaza. 1/2

Rep. Salinas Presses Trump Administration for Updates on Gaza Ceasefire and Peace Plan

Today, U.S. Congresswoman Andrea Salinas (OR-06), alongside Rep. Kweisi Mfume (MD-07), led 63 colleagues in a letter to President Trump requesting updates from the Administration on its 20-point peace...

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For years, J Street argued that supporting Israel doesn’t mean supporting its government “right or wrong.” Now, as @jeremybenami.bsky.social tells @NPR, Democrats are coming to the consensus that silence is no longer an option in the face of Israel’s far-right government. Read more:

Democrats show divisions on Israel amid competitive midterm elections

Democratic socialists are on the ballot in high profile races coming up in Michigan and Wisconsin, putting mainstream Democrats in a tough position when it comes to the issue of Israel and Gaza.

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A razor-wire fence put up by settlers is keeping Palestinian children in Umm Al-Khair from getting to school. 115 House Democrats are calling on Prime Minister Netanyahu to tear it down and take action against the settler violence and intimidation that Palestinian families face every day. 1/2

What A Day: Dems Take on the West Bank

Exclusive: Dems pressure Netanyahu to restrain settlers, and let West Bank kids go to school.

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Tens of millions in SuperPAC spending isn't how you fix what ails the U.S.-Israel relationship. “Money can buy advertising, consultants and television time. But it cannot buy trust or genuine friendship... 1/2

No child should face barbed wire and settler violence just to get to class. J Street welcomes this powerful letter from 115 House Democrats led by @raskin.house.gov calling on Netanyahu to remove settler barriers blocking students in Umm al-Khair. raskin.house.gov/2026/7/raski...

When Israel’s defense minister tries to fire the IDF’s West Bank commander on live TV—for opposing the release of a violent settler—that isn’t leadership. It’s politicizing the military for political gain. www.timesofisrael.com/katz-tries-t...

Katz tries to walk back on-air removal of top general, as opposition, allies call to oust Katz

Lawmakers, former generals, settlement leaders decry defense minister's live TV replacement of Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth; IDF said freezing senior appointments until elections

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Families killed in their homes, children among them—days after a disarmament deal. At least 18 Palestinians, including three children, were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza this weekend. 1/3 www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Hamas tells mediators Israeli airstrikes derailing Gaza plan

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Nablus is under lockdown. Checkpoints are blocking emergency care– patients turned away, pregnant women delivering in ambulances, one woman losing her fetus. An extended IDF operation could bring weeks more closures and escalation. 1/2

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IDF West Bank lockdown blocking emergency healthcare access, medical groups say https://t.co/wDRCxDhVRS

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Israeli TV is distorting West Bank violence, framing armed settler terrorists as innocent wanderers who “stumbled into” a Palestinian ambush. When officials call on air for destroying Palestinian cities, settlers listen, and the media frames it as “revenge” instead of armed terror with impunity. 1/2

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In the name of Jewish supremacy: How Israeli TV distorts West Bank violence https://t.co/JgItL6JpgV

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Israeli government officials are openly bragging about mass destruction in Southern Lebanon. 1/2

Katz boasts of ending administrative detention for Jews, increasing its use against Arabs

Speaking at right-wing conference, defense minister also touts IDF demolition of 24 historic villages in southern Lebanon, which included '15,000 to 20,000 homes'

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J Street welcomes yesterday’s announcement that Hamas agreed to a disarmament roadmap. The agreement represents an important step towards disarming Hamas, establishing alternative Palestinian governance and security mechanisms in Gaza and bringing about Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. 1/7

This back-and-forth does not have to continue. It can be brought under control if the parties decide to pursue what’s actually in the best interests of Americans, Israelis and civilians across the Middle East. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

U.S. Strikes Iran as Fighting Reignites Across Region

President Trump had vowed a response after Iran targeted U.S. forces in Jordan. There were also attacks in Iraq, while an American tanker was among two ships that caught fire in Egypt.

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If Israelis deserve a 10 on the quality of life scale, why should Palestinians live at a 7? 1/3

We disagree with Bret Stephens on plenty. But on settler violence, the message is clear across the political and pro-Israel spectrum: This has become a serious threat to Palestinian lives, Israeli security and Israel’s future. 1/2 www.jta.org/2026/07/29/u...

Bret Stephens, a stalwart Israel defender, calls out ‘Jewish terrorists’ in West Bank  - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The conservative New York Times columnist writes that the country's failure to confront settler violence threatens the security and legitimacy of the Jewish state.

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How much destruction is enough? If massive bombardment campaigns haven’t ousted Hamas, continuing down the same path won’t produce a different result. The Trump Administration must press both Israel and Hamas to honor their ceasefire commitments and pursue a political path to ending this war.

Israel Strikes Mosque in Gaza City

The Israeli military accused Hamas of using the mosque to store weapons. The Hamas-run government’s media office said Israel’s claims aimed to justify its attacks on mosques.

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Inside the Democratic Party, voters and lawmakers are increasingly questioning the status quo around Israel. @jeremybenami.bsky.social puts it bluntly: The combination of “the right-wing Netanyahu and AIPAC” has become “a toxic brew” that has helped turn Israel into a wedge issue for Democrats.

Israel's decades-old US support risks losing Democrats

Israel has emerged as a wedge issue in Democratic primaries.

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This morning’s @nytimes.com The Daily takes a hard look at AIPAC’s huge spending in Democratic primaries. The real problem? The views AIPAC spends millions to defend are increasingly unpopular with American voters. Worth a listen: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/p...

Israel, AIPAC and Difficult Questions for Democrats

Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, the lobbying group AIPAC is now a polarizing force in the Democratic Party.

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Jewish Israelis and Palestinians are refusing to let settlers and an extremist government write Israel’s future for them. They’re writing their own story – one of coexistence, safety and humanity for all.

The old “Israel right or wrong” consensus in the Democratic Party has collapsed, but “Israel is always wrong” isn’t replacing it either. As @JeremyBenAmi told @CNN: “70 or 80% of the party wants to meet the needs of both Israelis and Palestinians.” www.cnn.com/2026/07/26/p...

Michigan, Missouri primaries will again lay bare the Democratic divide over Israel | CNN Politics

Fiercely fought primaries on August 4 in Michigan and Missouri will provide the next crucial tests in the debate over American policy toward Israel that has convulsed the Democratic Party this year.

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One Palestinian family’s nightmare is a window into a larger reality: State-enabled settler violence is making life for Palestinians unbearable. We cannot accept a future for Israel defined by settler violence, occupation and dispossession. That is not the future Israelis or Palestinians deserve.

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'Israeli settlers laid siege to our home': Inside a Palestinian village under weekly attack https://t.co/ejqbmziqUy

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This fall, Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank will harvest their olive trees under the threat of settler violence and displacement. 1/2

🔴URGENT: The Jewish community is calling for support for Mohsen Mahdawi, a young Palestinian activist facing deportation by the Trump Administration. 1/3