Israel Matzav

Of course: Jeremy Ben Ami praises Obama's speech

In praising President Obama's gutting of more than 40 years of Middle East doctrine, Jeremy Ben Ami has proven once again that he and J Street are not pro-Israel.

J Street wholeheartedly endorses the approach to resolving the conflict outlined today by the President, namely, to address borders and security first. This is an approach which J Street first advocated when negotiations stalled last year. He also clearly established that those borders must be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps – an essential component of the ad J Street ran this morning in The New York Times.

We hope the President will now put his words into action in the coming days as he meets with Prime Minister Netanyahu and that he will launch a credible new diplomatic initiative in advance of the looming September United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood.

We urge the President to publicly ask the leaders of both parties to join him in an intensive and immediate effort to achieve a two-state solution on the basis of the principles laid out in this speech. He has laid out the parameters of a workable two-state deal, and now the parties must decide if they are ready to work seriously to achieve that elusive goal.

With J Street on 'our side,' who needs Yasser Arafat?

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, J Street, Jeremy Ben Ami, pro-Israel pro-peace

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 4:45 PM