J Street and American Jewish Committee on CNN
Don’t know how I missed this. Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street and David Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee, appeared on CNN in late November and spoke with Christiane Amanpour about the evolving Israel lobby and Israel’s international standing on a variety of issues. See the video:
Notably, Amanpour mentioned that AIPAC refused to appear on the show to debate Ben-Ami. The group’s communications director Josh Block told the network that “J Street is fringe and far to the left” and that they should be accompanied by a similarly fringe group from the right. David Harris did not share this view and said he supports a “big Jewish tent” with a variety of contrasting views. Watch the video – these are very smart guys with a lot of influence in the American Jewish community.
