Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) severed ties with J Street after it called on the Obama administration not to veto a U.N. Security Council resolution on settlements.
“After learning of J Street’s current public call for the Obama Administration to not veto a prospective U.N. Security Council resolution that, under the rubric of concern about settlement activity, would effectively and unjustly place the whole responsibility for the current impasse in the peace process on Israel, and — critically — would give fresh and powerful impetus to the effort to internationally isolate and delegitimize Israel, I’ve come to the conclusion that J Street is not an organization with which I wish to be associated,” Ackerman said in a statement Jan. 25.
The group responded to Ackerman’s statement by saying it was “deeply pained” and that Ackerman had misrepresented its position. — jta