Ilan Goldenberg
Chief Policy Officer, J Street. Former Mideast Advisor to Vice President Harris and Director of Jewish Outreach on the Harris-Walz campaign.
- My latest in what to expect from the Trump-Bibi meeting next week. No war woth Iran and a push on ohase 2 of the Gaza peace plan. Hopefully…https://open.substack.com/pub/jstreetdotorg/p/what-trump-should-push-bibi-on-at?r=yqyjn&utm_medium=ios
- 1. Democrats are going to need a new way to talk about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd...
- 2. The conflict is not going to rise to the same resonance as issues like affordability or healthcare. But in the aftermath of the war in Gaza it has entered the mainstream. And so what a candidate says about it reflects on their overall image.
- 3. If candidates just go with the old playbook of unconditional support for Israel, the message is “I am of the establishment.”
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View full thread11. Many members of congress, congressional candidates, and potential 2028 presidential candidates are already walking this walk. More should.
- Hamas and Netnyahu have a historical symbiotic relationship. Both will do all they can to thawrt the 20 peace point plan and maintain the terrible status quo where both remain in power. open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd...
- Thankfully the war is over. What comes next? Conflict management is discredited. Israelis face a choice. An isolated militarized super-Sparta. Or a gradual move towards regional peace and a Palestinian state. open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd...
- We have a deal to end the war. My thoughts on what happens and what comes next. open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd...
- Netanyahu and this government are doing permanent damage to Israel’s international standing. open.substack.com/pub/jstreetd...
- The geniuses that cooked up GHF - a food distribution system that’s led to starvation & over 1000 deaths at chaotic sites, have a plan for postwar Gaza. GREAT (Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation Trust). You can’t make this up. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- Hitting a hospital isnt just an accident. It’s a function of a failed strategy and a morally bankrupt political leadership. open.substack.com/pub/jeremybe...
- My latest assessment from a trip last week to israel and Palestine. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- My latest. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- Dispelling key myths about the war. Bottom line: There is much more Israel can do to get the hostages out and get aid into Gaza. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- Two young Palestinians – including a Palestinian-American – were just killed in an attack by violent settlers. Tell your member of Congress to support the West Bank Violence Prevent Act by signing and sharing this @jstreetdotorg petition: act.jstreet.org/sign/congres...
- Is Bibi’s visit to Washington the beginning of a breakthrough or just more of the same? I chart the party ahead. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- 1. There has been a lot of reporting about a possible Gaza ceasefire before Bibi’s visit to DC, which would of course be fantastic. Unfortunately I’m skeptical. Let me explain. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
- 2. It appears Trump very much wants a deal to end the war, and is putting some heat on Bibi.
- 3. But the offer as described in the press still at its core does not address Hamas’s biggest ask - a clear commitment to end the war.
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View full thread10. The reason it’s still going is to keep Bibi’s coalition together. Enough is enough. The war needs to end. And if Trump really wants this ceasefire he needs to push Netanyahu to agree to an end to the war.
- I wrote about the failures that liberal Jews are facing rigjt now from multiple institutions. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- Figuring out how to do this whole podcast thing together with @jeremybenami.bsky.social. We’ll be talking about issues facing the American jewish community, challenges in Israel, and how the interplay all plays out in American politics. open.substack.com/pub/jeremybe...
- It’s been a brutal couple of weeks for American Jews. It’s hard to know what to think. Fortunately, we do have many thoughtful writers and leaders who are ready for this moment. With this thread I wanted to highlight some of the most thoughtful reactions I’ve seen. I’ll keep adding pieces
- @sheilakatz.bsky.social on how Jews are feeling isolated from their traditional progressive allies www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
- Michael Koplow on a number of different factors driving the surge in antisemitism in America israelpolicyforum.org
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View full threadSteve Sheffey with an excellent wrap of many of the recent pieces in his newsletter. myemail.constantcontact.com/Are-We-In-An...
- I just spent 10 days in Israel and the West Bank. Israeli society is as unmoored as I’ve ever seen it. Israelis have turned against this war and against this government. What comes beyond that still very unclear. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- More Trump attacks on universities in thr name of fighting antisemtism. Not good for america and not good for Jews. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- Wrestling with antsemtism on the left after last week’s shooting. My latest. open.substack.com/pub/ilangold...
- I wrote about the historic choices that Israel faces as Trump’s brand of isolationism and transactionalism upends U.S. policy in the Middle East. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
- This is probably the right move. Though would be better to pursue a step by step process as Syria reforms. What is most stunning is that again as on every key regional security issue on this trip, Trump doing EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE of what Bibi wants. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/05/...
