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Israeli ambassador calls J Street a ‘cancer within Jewish community’

JL;DR SUMMARY Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Yechiel Leiter, sharply criticized J Street, a liberal pro-Israel lobbying group, labeling it a divisive element within the Jewish community. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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NetanyahuIsraeli PoliticsIsraeli GovernmentAmerican Jewish CommunityJ StreetU.S. Military AidIranian ProxiesPro Israel LobbyingYechiel LeiterJeremy Ben Ami

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Israel
"Israels ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter, took aim at the leading liberal pro-Israel lobby J Street on Monday, calling the group duplicitous and a cancer within the Jewish community."
Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Speaking at the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism meeting at Museum of the Bible in Washington, Leiter decried J Streets recent opposition to continued U.S. military subsidies to Israel, a position that has been echoed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent months."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Last year, J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami said that he had been persuaded by arguments that Israel had committed a genocide in Gaza."

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