J Street's opposition to history in Masafer Yatta

University of Miami’s J Street U chapter recently shared an Instagram post about Masafer Yatta, a region in Area C of the West Bank.

The group’s post promotes the narrative that the Israeli government is “carrying out a mass eviction of Palestinian communities” in Masafer Yatta, a campaign that J Street National began promoting heavily this January. However, this campaign is founded upon baseless claims that paint Israel in a malicious manner and overlook the history that proves J Street’s statements inaccurate. Although J Street labels itself “the political home of pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-...