Posts Tagged: AJC
Why Is the AJC Defending John Kerry on Israel?
In 1943, when Peter Bergson took out full-page ads in The New York Times to alert America to the slaughter of European Jewry and the inaction...
Commmmorating Nostra Aetate, Chief Rabbi and Cardinal Call for Unity Against Persecution, Brutality
Two prominent religious leaders, a Jew and a Catholic, marked the 50th commemoration of the formative Nostra Aetate proclamations, by calling on more faiths to form close working...
Major Jewish Groups Fuming Over Abbas’ Threats to Cancel Accords With Israel
Major American Jewish organizations roundly criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas over his threats at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday to cancel previous agreements with Israel, including the...
AJC, AIPAC Express Disappointment in Dems Filibuster of Iran Deal Vote
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) expressed disappointment in a successful filibuster by Senate Democrats that blocked a vote on President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran on Thursday. AJC Executive Director David Harris...
After Much Consideration, We Forcefully Oppose the Iran Nuclear Deal
When the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was announced in Vienna on July 14, AJC issued a press release indicating that we would first...
Major Jewish Group Announces Opposition to Iran Deal: Alternative is Not War
The American Jewish Committee announced its opposition to the Iran deal on Wednesday, after "three weeks" of discussions with top Obama administration officials, lawmakers and diplomats from Europe,...
Major Jewish Group Calls on Obama to Denounce Iran’s ‘Quds Day’ Rallies Featuring ‘Death to Israel’ Chants
Major Jewish human-rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to denounce marches in Iran marking the country's aggressively anti-Zionist international Quds Day. "The...
Major Jewish Groups Lambaste ‘Deeply Unfair’ UN Report on 2014 Gaza War
A wide array of Jewish groups condemned on Monday a U.N. report that accused Israel and Hamas of committing possible war crimes from either side of...
Iran’s Senior Nuclear Negotiator Abbas Araghchi Says Nuclear Deal Not Permanent
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister and senior nuclear negotiator, said on Tuesday that Iran did not see the comprehensive nuclear dear negotiators are trying to finalize...
American Jewish Groups Praise Netanyahu Speech at United Nations
Major American Jewish groups lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the United Nation's General Assembly on Monday, with one hailing it as "speaking...
Turkish Ambassador Responds Angrily to Criticism of Erdoğan by U.S. Congressional Committee, Risking U.S.-Turkey Relations
A Turkish Ambassador on Tuesday responded angrily to a letter from four members of the U.S. Congress who wrote to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to...
The Human Rights Council’s Alternate Reality Show
The 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council, based in Geneva, works "for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe." That's what...
Israel’s Steinitz Says U.S.-Israel Intelligence Cooperation ‘Better Than Ever’
Israeli Minister of Intelligence Yuval Steinitz on Wednesday said co-operation with the U.S. on "security, and especially intelligence, is better than ever," refuting recent allegations...
Major Jewish Group Says UCLA Student Elections Marred by Strong-Arm Anti-Israel Tactics
The American Jewish Committee on Monday said it was "outraged by the strong-arm, hypocritical, anti-Israel tactics several student groups used during the just-completed UCLA student...
