{"id":2182590,"date":"2024-02-21T05:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-street-founder-had-open-door-to-deputy-secretary-of-state-internal-emails-show\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T05:18:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:18:09","slug":"j-street-founder-had-open-door-to-deputy-secretary-of-state-internal-emails-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-street-founder-had-open-door-to-deputy-secretary-of-state-internal-emails-show\/","title":{"rendered":"J Street founder welcomed Deputy Secretary of State, reveals internal emails"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fj-street-founder-had-open-door-to-deputy-secretary-of-state-internal-emails-show%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2182590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>J Street Founder \u2062Jeremy Ben-Ami&#8217;s Efforts to Influence Political Activity in Jerusalem<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <strong>L:<\/strong> \u2064 J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami (Twitter) <strong>R:<\/strong> President Joe Biden (Getty Images)<br \/>\n \u200b<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>The founder of J Street, a prominent anti-Israel group, \u200chad significant influence within \u2063the Biden State Department and collaborated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-trump-campaign-attorney-says-pence-may-ask-state-lawmakers-to-decide-election\/\" title=\"2020 Trump campaign attorney says Pence may ask state lawmakers to decide election\">top administration officials<\/a>, including former deputy secretary of \u200cstate Wendy \u2064Sherman, to\u200b suppress political activity\u200b in Jerusalem. Internal government emails obtained by the <i>Washington Free Beacon<\/i> reveal\u2063 this coordination.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Ben-Ami, the \u200dfounder of J Street, a group funded \u2063by George Soros that has actively worked to undermine Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s conservative government, expressed gratitude\u200b to \u200csenior State Department officials for granting him access to the administration. In June 2021, Ben-Ami corresponded with then-deputy\u2063 secretary of state Sherman, acknowledging the &#8220;open door&#8221; provided by the State Department. \u200cSherman forwarded Ben-Ami&#8217;s message to other high-ranking\u2064 State Department staff members, including\u200c Victoria Nuland, \u2062the undersecretary for political \u2064affairs, and Michael Ratney, the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia\u2062 who was serving as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-claims-to-have-accidentally-fired-missile-into-pakistan\/\" title=\"India Claims to Have Accidentally Fired Missile Into Pakistan\">charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires<\/a>\u200d at the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem \u200din 2021.<\/p>\n<p>This correspondence sheds light on the Biden administration&#8217;s collaboration with far-left groups as they sought to exert \u2064pressure on the Israeli government\u2063 to scale back a massive pro-Israel march planned\u2063 in Jerusalem. \u200bThe march, which\u2064 saw tens of thousands of Jewish Israelis carrying flags through the city, was a focal point\u2064 of tension\u200b between Israeli and U.S. officials. Ultimately, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu yielded to pressure from the Biden administration and rerouted the march away from \u200bArab\u2063 areas of\u200b Jerusalem, as well as restricting Jewish access to \u2064the\u200b Temple Mount.<\/p>\n<p>Ben-Ami and\u2064 J\u200c Street were \u2062actively working to \u2062cancel the event and urging the Biden administration to challenge\u2062 Israel&#8217;s approval for the march. Publicly, \u200bthe State Department called for &#8220;calm&#8221; and &#8220;restraint&#8221; ahead of \u2062the march, while internally expressing \u2063concern over the Israeli\u200d government&#8217;s decision to proceed with \u2063it. Israeli officials \u200bcriticized the Biden administration&#8217;s intervention, asserting that they should stay\u200c out of \u200cthe crisis in\u2064 Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>As violence escalated between Israel and the\u2062 Palestinians, the Biden administration privately pressured Israel to lower\u2062 tensions on the Temple Mount and cancel\u200c the annual Jerusalem Day flag parade. In subsequent years, the administration continued to push for rerouting the march away from sensitive areas and\u200b publicly criticized Jewish demonstrators for alleged anti-Arab hostility.<\/p>\n<p>These \u2063internal emails, made public by watchdog group America First Legal,\u200d provide evidence \u200bof \u2064the Biden administration&#8217;s hostility towards Israel and its \u2064collaboration with anti-Israel\u2064 groups. The records also highlight J Street&#8217;s access to \u200ctop State Department \u200cofficials, raising\u2064 questions\u2062 about their influence on U.S. foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p>A State Department spokesman \u200ddeclined to comment on the specifics of their discussions with J Street\u200c and other advocacy groups but\u2063 acknowledged regular \u200cengagement with civil society actors.<\/p>\n<p>Reed\u200b Rubinstein, senior counselor and director of oversight and investigations for America \u2064First Legal, characterized these records as proof \u200bof the Biden\u200d administration&#8217;s\u2064 deep hostility towards \u200bIsrael and its efforts to undermine the Trump administration&#8217;s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. Rubinstein \u2064also noted J Street&#8217;s close ties to the State Department, particularly during the Obama\/Biden era&#8217;s Iran nuclear deal negotiations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What questions does Jeremy Ben-Ami&#8217;s involvement\u2062 in the Biden \u2062administration raise about the \u2063influence of anti-Israel groups like J Street?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062Ab neighborhoods in Jerusalem. This decision was met with \u200cbacklash from\u200d many \u2064conservative \u2063Israelis who saw\u200b it as a capitulation to outside\u2062 pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Ben-Ami&#8217;s role\u2063 in these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-tells-trump-were-gonna-call-you-donald-duck-at-2nd-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Chris Christie to Trump: \"You'll be known as 'Donald Duck'!\"\">events raises questions<\/a> about the level of influence anti-Israel groups like J Street \u2064have within \u200bthe Biden \u2064administration. \u200bJ Street has long been known for its opposition to Israeli policies and its support for actions that undermine the country&#8217;s security. \u2064By collaborating with top \u200dofficials in the \u200cState Department, Ben-Ami was able to push his\u200b agenda and \u200csuppress political activity in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>It\u200c is concerning that senior\u200d State \u2062Department officials granted access and held correspondence with Ben-Ami, considering \u200bhis \u2064organization&#8217;s anti-Israel stance. This raises doubts\u200b about the objectivity \u200bof the Biden administration&#8217;s \u200dapproach to the Israeli-Palestinian \u2062conflict. By aligning themselves with a group that actively works against the interests of \u2063the Israeli government, the Biden administration jeopardizes the United States&#8217; relationship\u2063 with one of its closest allies in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The rerouting of the pro-Israel\u200c march in Jerusalem also \u2064highlights the influence of outside pressure \u2063on the\u2063 Israeli government. Instead of allowing Israeli citizens to exercise their right to peacefully demonstrate,\u2064 the Biden administration, through its collaboration with \u2062J\u2062 Street and other \u2063far-left groups, successfully \u200binfluenced \u2064the\u2063 Israeli government&#8217;s \u2062decision. This sets a\u2062 dangerous \u200bprecedent, as\u200b it \u2063suggests \u200dthat the actions of\u2062 a foreign government and its allied groups can influence democratic processes\u200b in\u2064 another country.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the\u2062 decision to\u200d reroute the \u200dmarch away from\u200b Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem raises questions about the Biden administration&#8217;s\u2062 commitment to Israel&#8217;s sovereignty and\u200b security. By giving in to pressure,\u2064 the administration\u2064 effectively sends a message that\u200d Israeli actions in its own capital \u200ccity are subject\u2062 to international scrutiny and interference. This undermines Israel&#8217;s\u2063 right to self-governance\u2064 and threatens its ability to\u200b address its \u200cown security\u200c concerns.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2064 is crucial that the Biden administration reassesses its \u2063relationship with groups like J Street and takes a more balanced approach \u200bto the Israeli-Palestinian \u2064conflict. Supporting \u200dpartners that actively work against the interests \u2064of the Israeli government is not conducive to\u200b peace and stability in \u2063the region. The administration should prioritize \u200dthe relationship with \u2063Israel, a democratic and reliable ally, and refrain from\u2064 intervening in domestic affairs that are\u200d best \u200cleft to the Israeli people.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the collaboration between \u200dJ Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami and senior officials in the Biden State Department raises concerns about their efforts to \u200cinfluence political activity in Jerusalem. This \u200ccoordination with anti-Israel groups undermines Israel&#8217;s sovereignty, security, and right to\u200b self-governance. The United States must prioritize its relationship with Israel and refrain from intervening in the country&#8217;s domestic affairs. \u2064A balanced approach is necessary to \u2064promote \u200cpeace and stability in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami urged the State Department to curb political engagement in Jerusalem. He had direct access to the Biden administration and collaborated with high-ranking officials, including the former deputy secretary. 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