J Street
J Street (Hebrew: ג'יי סטריט) is a nonprofit liberal advocacy group based in the United States whose stated aim is to promote American leadership to end the Arab–Israeli and Israeli–Palestinian conflicts peacefully and diplomatically. J Street was incorporated on November 29, 2007.
| Founded | November 29, 2007 |
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| Founder | Jeremy Ben-Ami |
| Type | 501(c)(4) organization |
Tax ID no. | 26-1507828 |
| Focus | Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict |
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Area served |
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| Method | Lobbying |
| Jeremy Ben-Ami | |
| Morton Halperin | |
Key people | Franklin Fisher (advisor) Daniel Levy (advisor) Debra DeLee (advisor) Marcia Freedman (advisor) Shlomo Ben-Ami (advisor) Samuel W. Lewis (advisor) Lincoln Chafee (advisor) |
| Subsidiaries | J Street Education Fund, J Street PAC |
Revenue (2014) | $2,418,969 |
| Expenses (2014) | $2,207,771 |
Employees (2014) | 59 |
Volunteers (2014) | 40 |
| Website | jstreet |
Tax ID no. | 20-2777557 |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) organication |
President | Jeremy Ben-Ami |
| Morton Halperin | |
Revenue (2014) | $4,955,262 |
| Expenses (2014) | $4,671,950 |
Employees (2014) | 0 |
Volunteers (2014) | 40 |
According to J Street, its political action committee, the J Street PAC, is "the first and only federal Political Action Committee whose goal is to demonstrate that there is meaningful political and financial support to candidates for federal office from large numbers of Americans who believe a new direction in American policy will advance U.S. interests in the Middle East and promote real peace and security for Israel and the region".
J Street describes itself as "the political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans who want Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people ... advocat[ing] policies that advance shared US and Israeli interests as well as Jewish and democratic values, leading to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict". Critics from the right allege that J Street and the policies they support are anti-Israel.