In the ad, the Emergency Committee for Israel (EIC) slammed Holt for signing a letter this year that called for lifting the Israeli blockade of Gaza. The group criticized the six-term Democrat for participating in a conference organized by J Street, a liberal Jewish group that has grown more active in politics this year as it tries to become a counterweight to the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee, known as AIPAC. (National Security Adviser Jim Jones was also there.)
EIC called J Street's event 'anti-Israel' in the ad; J Street says it is pro-Israel but backs a 'two-state solution' to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The group said it made a 'significant' buy to run the ad in Holt's central New Jersey district."
