Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, also known as Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, was an organization of

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and describes its members as "deeply committed to

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's well-being through the achievement of a negotiated settlement to the long-standing

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". They describe this as "necessitating an end to Israel's occupation of land acquired during the 1967 war and an end to Palestinian

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". The group endorses a

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to the conflict. The founding president of this organization is Marcia Freedman. In 2006, the group collaborated with

Americans for Peace Now Americans for Peace Now (APN) is a left-wing nonprofit organization based in the United States whose stated aim is to help achieve a comprehensive political resolution of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Founded in 1981 as the sister organiza ...

(APN) and the Israel Policy Forum (IPF) to advocate against the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, supported by the

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(AIPAC). The bill eventually became law, but in a form that was quite different from the original language proposed by AIPAC. By 2008, efforts to combine IPF, APN, and Brit Tzedek into a single dovish Jewish group went dormant. Compared to the other dovish Jewish groups, Brit Tzedek developed a massive grassroots operation, claiming 48,000 volunteers in the United States. Brit Tzedek's operations merged into

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in September 2009, one of several strategic acquisitions by J Street. Brit Tzedek would become J Street's field operations branch. At that time, Brit Tzedek's budget was less than $900,000 with a staff of five people.

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