Today we were proud to join our partners and allies in saying no to ICE’s authoritarian presence in our cities and the Trump administration’s attacks on our democratic freedoms. Our shared history and values implore us to stand up and speak out. Because we know where this goes.

Israel’s Shin Bet says police, which report to extremist minister Ben-Gvir, are refusing to combat Jewish terror in the West Bank. If extremist violence is met with indifference because of far-right interests, that’s a crisis for Israel’s democracy and its security.

Israel’s security cabinet just escalated its annexationist land grab. The decision to expand Israeli authority across the West Bank and strip protections that shield Palestinian landowners from coercive land sales, is another step toward total undemocratic, unjust control. 1/3

Today’s Trump–Netanyahu meeting could answer questions on the region’s future. On Iran: Diplomacy or a wider war? On Gaza: Moving forward with Phase II of the ceasefire – or backsliding towards more destruction? All eyes are on the White House. jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/what-to-wa...

If Trump opposes annexation, now is the moment to prove it. Opposition must come with real consequences.

REMINDER‼️ Tomorrow, we’re taking action outside ICE HQ in DC to say clearly: This violent system must end. ICE is tearing families apart, and the Jewish community is showing up. @truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social 🔗 truah.org/jewsagainstice

This moment demands serious, values-driven leadership. J Street’s 2026 National Convention brings together advocates committed to Israel’s future, Palestinian freedom and democracy. 🗓️ Feb 28–Mar 3 in DC | Use code JStreet20 for 20% off at checkout: jstreet.org/convention

🚨 550+ retired IDF generals, Mossad & Shin Bet leaders with Commanders for Israel's Security warn Netanyahu: Expanding control in Palestinian areas of the West Bank is a grave step toward annexation and a direct threat to Israel’s security. 1/3

Children are writing letters from ICE detention saying they are depressed, sick and afraid. Jewish values demand we speak when the vulnerable are targeted. @propublica.org gives us a rare look inside the Dilley detention center. What we see is state cruelty made policy.

Washington shouldn’t outsource its Iran policy to a prime minister who has repeatedly chosen escalation over strategy. The priority right now should be pressing Netanyahu to stop preventing progress on the Gaza ceasefire deal that could save lives.

AIPAC’s attack on Tom Malinowski wasn’t just a political misfire. It reflects a strategy that treats good-faith criticism of Israel as disloyalty. Support for Israel is built on shared values, not fear and intimidation, writes @jeremybenami.bsky.social 👇 jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/what-was-a...

This matters. Eight countries – including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Qatar – are saying clearly: Israeli annexation of the West Bank is illegal and dangerous. Ending occupation and protecting Palestinian self-determination is essential to any just future.

J Street’s Tali deGroot tells @cnn.com: This may have been an epic loss for AIPAC, but the influence of big-money, right-wing groups in Democratic primaries isn’t going away. J Street’s in this fight for the long haul, because democracy shouldn’t be for sale.

As Jews committed to democracy and human dignity, this moment demands honesty. The Israeli government’s decision to expand control over the West Bank means more dispossession, more lives ruled by force and more bloodshed for Palestinians – and Israelis.

This isn’t about false equivalence. It’s about moral clarity. @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social argues that ICE in the US and settler violence in the West Bank are not identical – but both reflect state-enabled dispossession and impunity. A necessary read.https://bit.ly/3Mb3sJm

No matter how many millions of dollars AIPAC spends, it cannot bully or intimidate candidates and voters into supporting unconditional fealty to Israel. 🧵1/3 forward.com/fast-forward...

Mark your calendars! Next week, J Street is proud to partner with @ncjw.bsky.social for #ReproShabbat. Jewish organizations across the country will gather to learn about reproductive freedom as a Jewish value. Learn more and join us: ReproShabbat.org

Judaism demands that we resist injustice. ICE is tearing families apart, and the Jewish community is showing up. On Feb 11, we’re taking action outside ICE HQ in DC to say clearly: This violent system must end @truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social 🔗 truah.org/jewsagainstice

American Jews can’t look away. Israeli soldiers and activists warn that settler militias embedded in the IDF are violently driving Palestinians from their land – with state backing. This threatens Israel’s democracy and moral standing. We demand better. https://bit.ly/3NQTQ79

Unconditional support for the Israeli government has lent support to permanent occupation, democratic backsliding and endless war. Jeremy Ben-Ami argues for a new US–Israel relationship rooted in democracy, accountability and human dignity: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-rupture-...

Israeli strikes continue, and Hamas flirts with escalation. This is exactly what Netanyahu and Hamas want – to keep the deadly status quo. The United States must fully enforce the ceasefire, and Hamas and Israel must abide by it.

These comparisons hurt, and that’s why they matter. ICE raids in Minneapolis and settler violence in the West Bank aren’t identical. But when state power enables dispossession, terror & impunity, the rhyme is impossible to ignore. From Ilan Goldenberg 👇

Today, we’re thinking of the talented journalists without jobs and of the voices whose stories won’t be told. And at J Street, we’re especially concerned by the gutting of foreign reporting. It narrows our worldview and erodes our shared humanity. 1/2

Settler violence is a moral crisis for Israel and the Jewish people. And confronting Jewish-perpetrated violence isn’t betrayal. It’s a responsibility. From J Street leader Daniel Bral:

The Netanyahu government promised to reopen the Rafah crossing to Palestinians. So far, they have only delivered crossings in tiny numbers and the threat of death-by-bureaucracy. The US must intervene and apply the necessary pressure to reopen Rafah.

A political party “taking over” elections is not reform. It’s authoritarianism. Jews know what happens when power concentrates and minority rights disappear. We know where this goes.

This wasn’t just a protest against violence in Arab society. It was a declaration: Israeli democracy requires Jewish-Arab partnership – or it will fail. J Street Israel Director Nadav Tamir on the power of recent joint protests in Tel Aviv:

Praising Hamas, threatening Jewish people and calling for an end to the State of Israel don’t advance justice for Palestinians. It only serves to feed the cycle of extremism and violence that threatens Israelis, Palestinians and Jewish people worldwide.

Five-year-old Liam Ramos is free. Hundreds of other children are not. Detaining kids – toddlers, cancer patients, students on their way to school – isn’t security. It’s cruelty. Our humanity demands better. Our Jewish values demand we fight back.

Mass suffering was already unfolding in northern Gaza in early 2024. But US officials withheld warnings. 2 years later, tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians are dead. US inaction is a moral stain that we can and must learn from and act differently in the future.

Unconditional support is not a strategy. The US-Israel relationship has reached a turning point, and pretending otherwise only deepens the damage. It’s time to define a new relationship, not defend a failed one. From @jeremybenami.bsky.social: jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/a-rupture-...

Arabs and Jews are marching together, seeing each other as neighbors, honoring each other’s humanity. We stand with the tens of thousands who took to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the state protect Arab citizens and end violence and neglect.

Religious freedom shouldn’t disappear when it’s inconvenient or when the religion isn’t Christianity. That’s the floor, not the ceiling.

Trump inherited historic leverage over Iran – and threatens to squander it with his chaotic approach. In @foreignaffairs.com, Nate Swanson and J Street’s @ilangoldenberg.bsky.social lay out a smarter path: Restraint, real diplomacy and support for the Iranian people.

Jewish tradition demands action when human dignity is under attack. ICE’s policies are tearing families apart. On Feb 11, Jews will gather near ICE HQ in DC to demand an end to their violence. Join us: truah.org/jewsagainstice #JewsAgainstICE @truahrabbis.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social

1/ In the US, horrifying footage shows ICE agents killing civilians and terrorizing communities in broad daylight. In the West Bank, settlers are filmed beating families and burning homes. As Jews, we are obliged to speak out.

The Rafah crossing in Gaza will reopen this weekend, a crucial step after years of near-total closure. Thousands of sick and wounded Palestinians can access medical care, and families can begin to reunite. The relief is real, but still limited. 1/2

There are very few spaces for serious, values-driven conversations on Israel and US politics. This is one of them. Join us at J Street’s 2026 National Convention in DC, February 28 – March 3. Use code ‘JStreet20’ for 20% off. jstreet.org/convention

Dark money from AIPAC’s Super PAC is flooding NJ-11 with negative ads – aimed at tearing down Democrats in a Democratic primary. This op-ed lays out the facts and why this kind of meddling is so dangerous. 👇

This is incredibly alarming: The FBI seized original 2020 ballots in Georgia at the demand of a president who lost and never accepted it. This is an abuse of power – and how election denial turns into acts of authoritarianism by the state.

“Racist, discriminatory and indefensible.” Progressive American Jewish groups, including J Street, are urging Israeli leaders to stop the death penalty bill advancing in the Knesset. This is not justice. It’s a dangerous break from Jewish and democratic tradition.

Liam Ramos is five years old. ICE detained him after school – tiny in his bright blue winter hat, a superhero backpack nearly bigger than him – and shipped him to a Texas detention center with his dad. Now he’s in poor health. This is who our government is terrorizing. 1/2

Palestinian families in Ras Ein al-Auja held on for years. Through daily attacks and constant harassment, settlers made life unlivable – with full state backing. Now the families are gone. This violates every value we stand for.

As Jews, we know where unchecked state power leads. ICE’s campaign of fear – raids, disappearances, family separation – violates the values we’re taught to live by. This is the moment to act, not look away. Tell Congress: End ICE’s fear campaign 👇

We are inspired by Iran’s protesters, and horrified by a regime that responds with brutality. But Trump’s warmongering doesn’t help. US policy should support protesters through diplomacy and pressure, not threats of force that could make things worse.

1/ A Jewish communal statement: We oppose the death penalty bill advancing in the Knesset. Led by @truahrabbis.bsky.social and joined by our partners, we stand for the sanctity of life and against discriminatory, irreversible punishment.

The full scale of yesterday’s settler terror attack across multiple Palestinian villages is now clear: Arson, assaults, stolen livestock, blocked emergency response. All of the Israeli right’s creation. And all done in our names as the Jewish people.

NEW: Jewish communal organizations agree: Israel's proposed death penalty bill is racist and discriminatory by design and indefensible in principle. A new letter from T'ruah and partners--including New Israel Fund, NCJW, URJ, J Street, and others--out today urges Israeli leaders to oppose the bill.

Over 100 rabbis marched in Minnesota to defend refugees and immigrants. The Torah commands us 36 times to welcome the stranger. Jewish values demand moral courage. Today, rabbis showed up. Tomorrow, we all must.

This is what impunity looks like. Reports of settlers burning villages, stealing livestock and beating residents. This violence is enabled by an Israeli government that refuses accountability. As American Jews, we reject terror and dehumanization – whoever commits it. Credit: Matan Golan