palestinian drive for statehood with jeremy ben ami, the president of the pro-israel, pro peace organization j-street. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause)

so we're here to welcome the celebration of jeremy ben-ami's "a new voice for israel: fighting for the survival of the jewish nation." and i'm particularly pleased to be here. in the interest of full disclosure, i'm an active supporter of j street that jeremy helped found, and i've walked the corridors with him and many others, loads of rabbis at different times and, um, and i welcome you to politics and prose and this family. jeremy's personal and reflective book represent an important contribution to an ongoing matter that engages us as americans on matters affecting the middle east. including israel and palestine. and for many of us who are supporters of israel, as a homeland for jewish people, as a democratic state and as a pluralist state, as a community institution, politics & prose believes in a thriving and robust free marketplace of ideas. a new voice for israel exemplifies what politics & prose is all about. and this legacy that carla and barbara meade began with the staff of politics & prose and you, the engaged customers, this legacy continues under the new ownership of bra

. >>> up next on book tv, jeremy ben-ami provides his ideas on how to move forward in israel and argues that jewish-american are not single issue voters and aren't represented by groups like aipac. this is just over an hour. >> good evening, everyone and thanks for being here at this standing-room-only audience. i'm david cohen, and i am the husband of carla, blessed memory, who is one of the founders and the start of politics and prose. so we are here to welcome the celebration of jeremy ben-ami's, "a new voice for israel fighting for the survival of the jewish nation." and i am particularly pleased to be here in the interest of the full disclosure. ayman active supporter of j street that jeremy helped to found, and i have walked the corridors with him and many others. loads of rabbis at different times, and i welcome you to politics and prose. jeremy's personal and reflective book represents an important

) >> stephen: when we return, i will talk more about the palestinian drive for statehood with jeremy ben amie president of the pro-israel, pro peace organization j-street. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is the president of the pro peace, pro-israel lobby j street. i found him on j date. please welcome jeremy benami. (cheers and applause) thank you very much. all right, mr. benami. you are, as i have said, you are the president and founder of j street. you also have a book called "a new voice for israel, fighting for the survival of the jewish nation" okay let's talk about what is happening at the u.n. right now. what are the palestinians trying to do and why are they doing it? >> president abbas is going to go before the united nations tomorrow and submit an application to be a member state at the united nations. >> stephen: is it that simple? because i would love to apply. do you just-- can you download it,. >> south dud an got statehood in 72 hours, so the palestinian process is probably going to be a l

let us welcome jeremy ben-ami to politics and prose. [applause] >> thank you so much, david, and it is easy to tell that you've spent a lot of time around some very fine thinkers and writers. there was wonderful as an introduction and i am deeply honored to be here. this is my neighborhood bookstore, this is my neighborhood and the memory of carless and the legacy that you have built is a testament to the marketplace of ideas that we think is not only the best of the political world in washington, d.c., but i hope also the best of the jewish people. so thank you very much for having me here this evening and for that wonderful introduction. there are many people in the room as well that i would like to just say thank you two and a few people who read the book in its early stages, you participated in the fact checking and research and of their work. there's a number of staff at j street and rather than running through everybody by name of one to acknowledge i have friends in the room and some people who mean a lot to me. i will have never