Posts Tagged: AJC
UAE Foreign Minister in Israel, American Jewish Committee in UAE for Abraham Accords Anniversary
UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Israel on Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the Abraham Accords establishing relations...
Amnesty Report Charging Israel With Apartheid Is ‘Divorced From Reality,’ Says Lapid
Israel said Monday it rejects the “false allegations” made in an upcoming publication by Amnesty International UK that labels the country an "apartheid" state. “Instead of...
Hundreds of Lawmakers Urge UN to Stamp Out ‘Systematic’ Discrimination Against Israel
Legislators and parliamentarians from Europe and North America are calling upon EU member countries and global democracies to help end the “systematic” discrimination against Israel...
Pandemic Has Brought ‘Normalization of Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories’ in Germany: Study
As cases of COVID-19 once more begin to rise in Germany, a study released Monday detailed how the pandemic has fueled antisemitic conspiracy myths, holding...
US President Biden Confirms ‘Unwavering’ Support for Israel as Jewish State Transfers Power to New Government
US President Joe Biden congratulated Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and alternate PM Yair Lapid and confirmed the country’s “unwavering” commitment for the Jewish...
Jewish Groups Applaud US Decision to Stay Away From ‘Anti-Israel’ Durban IV Events in September
Leading Jewish organizations welcomed the Biden administration’s decision to stick to the US policy of not attending any events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of...
Top US Counterterrorism Official Reveals Hezbollah Caches of Ammonium Nitrate Have Been Discovered Across Europe
A top US counterterrorism official said on Thursday that caches of ammonium nitrate belonging to the Iran-backed, Lebanon-based Shi'a terrorist group Hezbollah had been found...
Leading Jewish Organizations Mourn Rep. John Lewis: ‘Devoted His Life to the Pursuit of Justice’
Leading Jewish organizations from across the spectrum mourned on Sunday the passing of veteran Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis. Lewis, who died on...
Youth Wing of 2nd Largest German Trade Union Rejects BDS, Anti-Zionist Group
A German youth organization affiliated with the country's second largest trade union has disavowed the Palestinian-led boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, as...
American Jewish Groups Praise Late President George H.W Bush as ‘True Friend of the Jewish People and the State of Israel’
Leading Jewish groups from across the spectrum paid tribute over the weekend to former president George H.W. Bush, who died Friday at the age of...
After Pittsburgh, We Need a Coalition of Conscience
We knew antisemitism was out there. We knew it was growing. More and more people felt uninhibited in expressing their hatred and bigotry. Deadly attacks against...
Israeli Leaders, Jewish Groups Hail Defunding of UNRWA
Israeli and Jewish leaders offered praise over the weekend for the US's decision on Friday to defund the UN's Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. In a speech...
US Jewish, Pro-Israel Groups Praise Trump’s Reimposition of Sanctions on Iran
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (CoP) and American Jewish Committee (AJC), as well as Christians United for Israel (CUFI), have issued...
Analyst: Changes Make Polish Holocaust Law ‘Less of a Defeat’; Jewish Groups Hail Move
An Israeli commentator said on Wednesday the changes to the Polish “Holocaust Law” criminalizing discussion of Poland’s complicity in the murder of Jews during World...
