J Street Policy Center - J Street (2024)

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By Jeremy Ben-Ami, J Street President

Ignoring the simmering tension, violence and injustice that dominate the Israeli and Palestinian reality will further the continuing deterioration of the status quo between the parties.

By Nadav Tamir, J Street Israel Executive Director

Recognition by the international “moral majority” of a Palestinian state is a Zionist imperative if Israel is to ensure its future as the democratic nation-state of the Jewish people.

By Nadav Tamir, J Street Israel Executive Director

Neglecting the Palestinian issue is much more dangerous for Israel than the military threats that our politicians and media love to highlight.

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Director of Policy Dr. Debra Shushan is the first-ever Director of Policy at J Street, serving as a scholar-in-residence and author of her regular “Shushan Street” column and other publications, public speaker, and manager of congressional education...

Policy Associate Avraham Spraragen is a Policy Associate at the J Street Policy Center, serving as the assistant to Director of Policy Dr. Debra Shushan. He graduated with Distinction in December 2021 from Cornell University, with a major in Government...

Policy Assistant Evan joins J Street after graduating from American University in 2023 with a degree in international studies. There, he focused on peace, global security, and conflict resolution in the Middle East and North Africa region. Evan also...

Membership on the J Street Policy Center Advisory Council does not constitute endorsem*nt of any position of the Policy Center or of J Street by the member or any of the organizations with which they are employed or affiliated.

Chair of the Advisory Council Dr. Morton H. Halperin is a Senior Advisor to the Open Society Institute and Open Society Policy Center. A renowned expert on foreign policy and civil liberties, he worked for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as its Director of...

Joe Cirincione worked for nine years in the US House of Representatives on the professional staff of the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Government Operations. He teaches at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service and...

Toby Gati served as US Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research from 1993 to 1997. Gati was educated at Pennsylvania State University, receiving a B.A. in Russian Literature and Language in 1967. She then attended...

Jon Greenwald previously served for over fifteen years as Vice President of the International Crisis Group, and for thirty years as a US diplomat. In 2022, President Biden appointed Greenwald as a member of the U.S. Commission for...

Sylvia Kaplan is a lifelong resident Minnesota where as a community organizer and political activist, she has worked on issues of social justice from an early age. She and her husband, Sam, devote much of their time to electoral politics...

Anthony Lake served as US National Security Advisor from 1993 to 1997 and as the sixth Executive Director of UNICEF from 2010 to 2017. In 2007-2008, he served as a senior foreign policy adviser to the presidential campaign of Barack...

Frank Lowenstein served as the Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations and Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State. From 2009 to 2011, Lowenstein served as Staff Director and Chief Counsel of the Senate Foreign Relations...

Daniel Serwer, PhD directed the European office of intelligence and research at the State Department and served as US special envoy and coordinator for the Bosnian Federation. From 1990 to 1993, he was deputy chief of mission and chargé...

Henry Steiner is professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and the founder of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law. His research interests concern issues of human rights and international law. He is the author of several books and...

Jon Wolfsthal served as special assistant to former President Barack Obama and as senior director for arms control and nonproliferation at the National Security Council. Prior to that, he served as the deputy director of the James Martin...

Carol Hutner Winograd, MD is an emerita professor of Medicine and Human Biology at Stanford University. She serves in leadership and contributor roles on a number of boards, including, founder and Chair of the Advisory Board of the...

The J Street Policy Center is the “policy shop” of the pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy movement, producing original research, analysis and resources to inform and educate elected officials, policymakers and advocates on issues related to US policy toward Israel, Palestine and the broader Middle East. A program of the 501(c)(3) J Street Education Fund, the Policy Center is committed to convening and amplifying the work of diverse experts who endeavor to drive forward, rather than merely describe the challenges to, diplomacy and conflict resolution in the region.

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