CMEP is pleased to announce that Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director of J Street, the new political arm of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement, will be the guest speaker for our next grassroots network conference call on August 6th at 4pm ET. Ben-Ami will engage in discussion about the intersection of issues related to Israel and the peace process and the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections.

Established in early 2008, J Street seeks to change the direction of American policy in the Middle East and to broaden the public and policy debate in the U.S. about the Middle East. Like CMEP and its other Jewish as well as Arab-American allies, J Street supports meaningful U.S. leadership to bring about a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This conference call is part of CMEP's campaign education and outreach efforts, which includes a July 21st letter to Senators McCain and Obama urging them to commit to making a two-state peace a top priority should they become President. This conference call will be recorded and made available on CMEP's website.

SPEAKER BIO: Jeremy Ben-Ami is Executive Director of J Street, the new "political voice of the pro- Israel, pro-peace movement". Ben-Ami has nearly twenty-five years of experience in government, politics and communications, in the United States and internationally. In 2003-4, he was Policy Director for Howard Dean's presidential campaign; in 2001, he was one of the managers of Mark Green's Mayoral campaign in New York City; and, from 1992 through 1996, he worked for former President Bill Clinton, serving for two years as the President's Deputy Domestic Policy Advisor. Ben-Ami has also been actively involved in Israeli politics and communications. In 1998, he started a consulting firm in Israel which worked with Israeli non-profit organizations and politicians. He also has served as Director of Communications and Regional Director in New York for the New Israel Fund, a foundation supporting civil rights, social justice and religious pluralism in Israel and is on the Board of Americans for Peace Now.