During the summer months Jeremy Ben-Ami (President of J Street), the J Street Board, Rabbis (including me), University Students, Israelis, members of Congress, and leaders in the American Jewish community have been consulting on how to best respond to the Palestinian UN Application for statehood. Jeremy has headed up an exhaustive process that would result in a constructive, forward looking approach that would support a two-states for two-peoples end-of-conflict resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian quandary.
The statement is clear that NOW is the time for Israel and the Palestinians to make an historic agreement. The United States, the statement says, is critical as a forceful advocate of this process that would eventually get buy-in from the European community, the Quartet, and the United Nations.
The statement below is clear but nuanced, and is something I support whole-heartedly. I was honored to be a part of this process and consulted personally with Jeremy many times over the past two months. Watching him and J Street work was inspirational. Please read both statements. I welcome your response.