Posts Tagged: American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Jewish Groups Mark 25th Anniversary of Buenos Aires Community Center Bombing, Call for Perpetrators to Face Justice
Major Jewish groups around the world marked on Thursday the 25th anniversary of the deadly bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in...
US Jewish and Pro-Israel Groups Praise Trump’s Golan Sovereignty Recognition
Top American Jewish and pro-Israel groups have largely welcomed US President Donald Trump’s tweet on Thursday in which he called for American recognition of Israeli...
AIPAC Hails Key Pro-Israel Provisions of Annual Defense Funding Bill Passed by Senate
The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act passed by the Senate on Wednesday contains a number of key pro-Israel provisions -- including $500 million...
Guatemala, In Nod to Trump, Moving Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Guatemala will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in May, two days after the US embassy makes the same move, Guatemalan...
AIPAC Head Calls for Creation of a Palestinian State in Conference Address
JNS.org - The head of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee called for the creation of a Palestinian state in his address to the organization’s annual...
Ethiopian-Israeli Activist: Anyone Who Says Jewish State Is an Apartheid Country Doesn’t Know What Apartheid Means
“If someone says Israel is an apartheid country, they don’t know what apartheid means,” an Ethiopian-Israeli activist told The Algemeiner on Monday. “For example, an apartheid...
Netanyahu Tells AIPAC: For the Security of Both Israel and the US, We Must Defeat the Forces of Militant Islam
Israel and the United States will “stand together, shoulder to shoulder, to ensure that light triumphs over darkness and hope triumphs over despair,” Prime Minister...
Pence at AIPAC: President Trump and I Stand Without Apology for Israel and We Always Will
“Under President Donald Trump, if the world knows nothing else, the world will know this -- America stands with Israel,” US Vice President Mike Pence...
Ex-British PM Tony Blair at AIPAC Conference: If Iranian Regime Were Benign, All Problems in Middle East Would Be Resolvable
“If you had a benign regime in Iran, all of the problems in the Middle East would be resolvable,” ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair said...
Ambassador Dermer at AIPAC Conference: For First Time in Many Years, There Is No Daylight Between US and Israeli Governments
“When it comes to the great challenges facing Israel and the United States, for the first time in many years, perhaps in many decades, there...
AIPAC: Pence, Haley, Harper Among Top Speakers at Upcoming Annual Conference
JNS.org - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), whose annual policy conference draws more than 15,000 people and is arguably the world’s largest pro-Israel gathering,...
Report: Netanyahu Possibly Returning to Washington Next Month to Address AIPAC Conference, Continue Policy Discussions With Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- who met with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday -- might return to Washington, DC...
Trump Administration Draws Praise From Major US Jewish Groups Over New Iran Sanctions
The Trump administration’s move on Friday to impose new sanctions on the Islamic Republic drew praise from numerous major US Jewish groups. “Nefarious Iranian behavior cannot go unchecked,”...
Netanyahu to Visiting American-Jewish Lobbyists: Israel has ‘Unequivocal’ Evidence Obama Administration Was Behind Anti-Settlement UN Resolution
The Jewish state has “unequivocal” evidence that the outgoing Obama administration was behind the anti-settlement resolution approved by the UN Security Council last month, Israeli...
