U.S.: PRO-PEACE JEWISH LOBBY GROUP URGES OBAMA TO SEIZE MOMENT

Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street's president, told attendees, "We know in our hearts that it's not just the status quo in the Arab world that is bound to change, it is the status quo between Israel and the Palestinian people that has to change as well," at the conference's kickoff o...

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Published inGlobal Information Network
Main Author Clifton, Eli
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Global Information Network 01.03.2011
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Obama, Barack
Pollak, Noah
Ross, Dennis
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Summary:Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street's president, told attendees, "We know in our hearts that it's not just the status quo in the Arab world that is bound to change, it is the status quo between Israel and the Palestinian people that has to change as well," at the conference's kickoff on Saturday night. Indeed the emphasis on taking immediate steps, with the leadership of the United States, to bring about a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian is central to J Street's mission as Washington's "political home for pro-Israel, pro- peace Americans". The panel following [Dennis Ross]'s address was critical of the White House official's position, leading New York Times columnist Roger Cohen to quip after Ross had left the room, "[Ross] sat in five administrations but couldn't sit after the speech for the debate," and, "When I hear the word process, I am dying inside, there is no process and there is no peace."