Both Jeffries and J Street respectfully noted that many members of Congress had understandable reasons to back the measure. Last month, a United Nations commission concluded that genocide is continuing, as Israeli forces intentionally target children in Gaza. Four months later, another J Street news release was equally emphatic, making clear that “J Street continues to reject the allegation of genocide in this case.” At last, in August 2025, J Street’s president and driving force since its founding, Jeremy Ben-Ami, finally acknowledged the reality of Israeli genocide. “I have, however, been persuaded rationally by legal and scholarly arguments that international courts will one day find that Israel has broken the international genocide convention.”