In this time of conflict, the New Israel Fund, the leading organisation supporting civil society in Israel, is giving additional funds from its Emergency Grants Program to five Israeli organisations to support marginalised groups in Israel deal with rocket attacks and to combat intolerance.
Yesterday was perhaps the most content-intense and potentially-controversial day at J Street thus far. It was also probably my most enjoyable day. (You can read my previous dispatches on my blog.) In the morning, the Obama administration, having been asked to provide someone to speak at the conference, dispatched negotiator Dennis Ross. In break-out sessions in the afternoon, issues of Palestinian statehood and the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement were discussed, and in the evening, Naomi Chazan gave the keynote address at the conference's gala dinner.
