New Jewish lobby group holds first conference – 27 Oct 09
The current stalemaet in peace tlaks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) has not
put a brake on the first conference of a new Jewish-American advocacy group in Washington.
The organisation called J Street, which formed just a year ago, positions itself as a lobby in opposition to the current Israeli government on several issuse.
It is backing the Obama administraiton as it pursues a two-state solution that includes a halt
to the building of Jewish settlements on the West Bank. Tom Ackerman has more.