J Street: Call It Non-Zionist, Faux-Zionist or ZINO (Zionist In Name Only). Just Don't Call It Pro-Israel

Isi Leibler writes re last week's national J Street conference:

Consistent with J Street’s recent promotion of a Congressional petition urging Obama to accept Iranian President Rouhani’ s proposal regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions, applause was muted when Vice President Joe Biden spoke of sanctions against Iran.

Yet, attendees were unequivocal about their allegiances. They applauded Fatah’s spokesman Husam Zomlot’s call for Israel to give “formal recognition of the Nakba” and offered sustained and enthusiastic applause when he demanded the right of return of Arab refugees to their former homes in Israel. 

J Street leaders castigated Prime Minister Netanyahu after his UNGA address for concentrating on Iran rather than the Israeli-Palestinian issue in his UN General Assembly speech. 

Such displays provided further evidence that J Street’s claims that it is “pro-peace” and pro-Israel” are disingenuous, if not outright absurd. Virtually the entire Israeli political spectrum passionately yearns for peace.

Meanwhile, J Street "progressives" yearn passionately for Israel's demise as a Jewish state and withhold their love for it pending its apotheosis as a "social justice" Jewtopia.