J Street U

The Pro-Israeli, Pro-Palestinian Pro-Peace, Pro-Democracy, campus organizing arm of @jstreetdotorg.

[J Street U @jstreetu]

If Congress wants to make campuses safer, it should protect academic freedom & confront antisemitism through policy that is meaningful to our experience. Our government must hold Israel accountable by opposing occupation, annexation & the forced displacement of Palestinians. 5/5

[J Street U @jstreetu]

As students, we have a right to learn in an environment free from political interference. As Americans, we have a right to free speech without fear of censorship or retribution. 🧵1/5

[J Street U @jstreetu]

Critically, this bill would not make anyone safer. Instead, it risks deepening divisions by making Israel a wedge issue on campus. We can and must counter antisemitism but this is not the way. 4/5

[J Street U @jstreetu]

A new whistleblower complaint confirms what we’ve experienced firsthand– this was never about supporting Jewish students or bolstering their safety.

Thank you Rep. Raskin and House Judiciary Democrats for exposing this appalling extortion:

https://t.co/nFcgCizfoM

[J Street U @jstreetu]

We’ve watched the Trump Administration exploit fears of antisemitism to deport our classmates, gut DEI programs and to pressure our universities into settlements based on manufactured findings.

[J Street U @jstreetu]

Jewish institutions must make room for nuance, disagreement, and for every member of our community to have honest conversations. 3/3

[J Street U @jstreetu]

Young Jewish Americans are seeking spaces where they don’t need to check their values at the door in favor of blind support for the Israeli government. 1/3

https://t.co/2LMWWg4Jl0

[J Street U @jstreetu]

A new survey finds that many have pulled back from Jewish communal life amid the often one-sided discourse surrounding Israel and Palestine in Jewish communal spaces. 2/3

[J Street @jstreetdotorg]

The fight against antisemitism and the fight against Islamophobia go hand in hand.

We rightly ask politicians and leaders to take antisemitism seriously. But we, the American Jewish community, must be just as forceful in rejecting anti-Muslim fearmongering, including in Republican Senate nominee Mike Rodgers’ latest attacks against El-Sayed.

[Rep. Seth Moulton Press Office @RepMoulton]

The settler violence and intimidation afflicting the West Bank must end. There are serious questions that need to be answered about the role of the Israeli military in abetting the most recent acts of extremist violence we’ve seen.

Rep. Moulton and 114 other House Democrats are calling for answers.

[J Street U @jstreetu]

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 @RepRaskin calling on Netanyahu to remove settler barriers blocking students in Umm al-Khair.

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

In the West Bank village of Umm Al-Kheir, children trying to go to school are met with barbed-wire fencing set up by settlers to block their path. A majority of the House Democratic Caucus is asking Prime Minister Netanyahu to remove the fence now, stop settler harassment and end this violation of the right of Palestinian children to go to school. https://t.co/llnXfTJyk8

[J Street U @jstreetu]

Join us in signing this letter from the Jewish community in support of Mohsen. 2/2

https://t.co/tuYdHO1i7v

[J Street U @jstreetu]

The Trump Administration is threatening to deport Mohsen Mahdawi because he supports Palestinian rights.

Trump is using these arrests and deportations as a guise for antisemitism and is thrusting Jewish students into an uncomfortable situation that doesn’t make them safer. 1/2

[Jeremy Ben-Ami @JeremyBenAmi]

I just signed this letter from the Jewish community in support of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, and I hope you’ll join me.

The Trump Administration is threatening to deport Mohsen because he supports Palestinian rights and the freedom of his own family, his own people.

But just because you don’t like what someone says or believes doesn’t mean they lose their right to say it.

You don’t have to agree with Mohsen. But we should all defend his right to speak. Please join me and sign:

https://t.co/FOgVEAj7rY

[Jeremy Ben-Ami @JeremyBenAmi]

There's been a lot written and said by folks who have no idea what the College Democrats are, what their meeting this weekend was all about or how the students reacted to Hasan Piker.

@jstreetdotorg's Adam Deakin was there - and shares his perspective:

https://t.co/6EfR76vsGg

[Jeremy Ben-Ami @JeremyBenAmi]

This weekend, J Street U co-sponsored the College Democrats of America convention. Since it was announced that Hasan Piker would be speaking, some have sought to portray our participation as an endorsement of his views.

That is simply false.

J Street disagrees with much of what Hasan Piker says and with the way he says it. We won't hesitate to say so. But we also reject the notion that the right answer to his invitation is to abandon the very spaces where the next generation of Democratic leaders is debating these issues.

Our mission is not to preach to the converted. It is to ensure that a pro-Israel, pro-peace voice is heard wherever the future of American politics is being shaped. If we leave those conversations to others, we shouldn't be surprised when the loudest and most polarizing voices dominate them.

Let's also dispense with the misinformation. J Street U was one of many conference sponsors. Our sponsorship amounted to a couple thousand dollars for an exhibit table. We had no role in choosing speakers, no approval over the program and no say in who was invited to address the conference. Suggesting otherwise is either uninformed or intentionally misleading.

Some of our critics don't object to this particular conference. They object to J Street. They have spent years trying to convince people that there is no room in American Jewish life or Democratic politics for a pro-Israel movement that also insists on Palestinian rights, opposes the occupation and believes diplomacy is stronger than perpetual war. They won't succeed.

Too many people want young Americans to believe there are only two choices: defend every action of the Israeli government or reject Israel altogether. That is a false choice, and it is one J Street was founded to reject.

We will continue to show up. We will continue to engage. We will continue making the case for a future in which Israelis and Palestinians can both live in freedom, security and peace. And we won't be intimidated into surrendering that conversation to voices we disagree with – or to critics who would rather see us stay home.

[J Street U @jstreetu]

It’s ending the horrific atrocities against Palestinians that are driving support away. 2/2

[J Street U @jstreetu]

No PR strategy can solve Israel’s political problem.

If Israel wants to rebuild support among young Americans, the answer isn’t spending millions on communications firms or influencers. 1/2

https://t.co/b88YIobax7