This ceasefire and hostage release deal is an essential first step. Now, it must be followed by more.

🚨 The Netanyahu government is planning a massive West Bank land grab – 450 acres of a heritage site belonging to Palestinians. This isn’t “tourism development.” It’s the ongoing seizure of Palestinian land. We have a moral obligation as American Jews to speak out.

J Street mourns the loss of Mark Mellman. For decades, we engaged in conversation, collaboration and at times debate – always with respect and a shared commitment to the community we serve. We send our condolences to his family and colleagues. May his memory be a blessing.

Mark and I knew each other and worked together for nearly three decades. We didn’t always see eye to eye but we shared the same value set and kept an open line of communication at all times. May his memory be a blessing and inspiration.

Relieved the Coast Guard reversed its decision to declassify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols. But the fact that this change was drafted, approved and defended tells us the danger is still here. Safety and decency shouldn’t depend on public outcry. https://t.co/gGb6W15HYT

@ilangoldenberg There is a new lane emerging in the Democratic Party on Israel/Palestine – principled, pragmatic and actually popular. Read more: 3/3 https://t.co/RhVWhDLut3

@ilangoldenberg Voters want humanity. They want accountability. They want a US approach that pressures both Hamas and Netanyahu. They want leaders who don’t weaponize antisemitism or Islamophobia. 2/3

If you’re still running the “support Israel no matter what” script, you haven’t caught up with voters. @IlanGoldenberg’s new piece says it plainly: The old playbook is dead. 1/3 https://t.co/RhVWhDLut3

💥 Israel Ziv, a retired general who served as head of the operations directorate of the Israel Defense Forces, on the explosion of state-backed settler violence:

Weaponizing abhorrent, isolated crimes to smear entire communities is how xenophobia is legitimized. We urge all to stand for the human rights of migrants. 2/2

Migrants are human beings fleeing violence and instability, not an “existential threat.” This is nativist propaganda dressed up as policy. 1/2

And in Umm al-Khair, a Palestinian village in Masafer Yatta, families face demolition orders and relentless settler attacks. Add your name to demand the US press Israel to halt its destruction. 3/3 https://t.co/uKwZEJlyoj

Congress can help curb this crisis. Urge your lawmakers to support the West Bank Violence Prevention Act – a vital step to hold settler extremists accountable and protect Palestinian communities living under daily threat. 2/3 https://t.co/6A37U9Nvt7

Settlers in the West Bank beat a family in the night, assaulted an 85-year-old man on his way to pray, burned homes. Palestinians live with a fear no one should endure. This has been made possible by years of political protection. We must speak out and demand accountability: 1/3

Democrats urged the military to follow the law. Trump’s response? Arrest them. Hang them. This isn’t a warning about authoritarianism – it’s already here. And we have a moral responsibility to call it out and defend our democracy.

Ten years without celebrating the Ethiopian Jewish holiday Sigd – and today Avera Mengistu is finally home from Hamas captivity with his community. A moment of profound joy.

Extremists want to drag this ceasefire toward collapse, and civilians pay the price. The US-backed plan is on the table. It’s time to press forward. 2/2

28 killed in Gaza yesterday, including women & children, after Israeli strikes responding to militant fire that caused no IDF casualties. 1/2

Protecting Jewish students and community members, while connecting with pro-Palestinian voices, is how we create more inclusive communities and build better pathways to work together on shared interests – like ending the horrors in Gaza.

This sadly isn’t new: Antisemitism is the world’s oldest hate, and needs to be called out wherever it occurs.

Meanwhile, at a City College interfaith event last week, an imam’s speech singled out a Jewish speaker as a “Zionist” – and led hundreds of students to walk out. https://t.co/ZXPc0vIdDj