May 28, 2011 – New York – AJC is calling on Venezuela President Hugo Chavez and his government to take concrete action to end ant-Semitism in the media. Venezuela's state-owned media has spewed more anti-Semitism through a national radio …
May 26, 2011 – New Delhi – AJC has concluded a series of ground-breaking meetings in India with leaders of the Hindu, Jain, Muslim and Sikh communities. "All of these meetings reflect the new world of global interfaith cooperation in which …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem May 25, 2011 A second, much larger flotilla will attempt to break the Israeli naval blockade of Gaza in the third week of June. This expansion of last year’s effort, again led by IHH, the Turkish Islamist …
May 24, 2011 – New York – AJC applauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s eloquent and stirring reaffirmation of Israel ’s commitment to achieve a permanent peace with the Palestinians. “So I say to President Abbas: Tear up your pact …
May 19, 2011 – New York – AJC praised President Obama’s call today for the Palestinian Authority to return to direct peace negotiations with Israel and to halt its current campaign to declare a state unilaterally. “President Obama has sternly …
May 16, 2011 – Tokyo – AJC has donated $50,000 to the Nippon Foundation to support its efforts in helping the survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan two months ago. “All of us at the Foundation are deeply grateful …
May 12, 2011 -- Washington , DC -- Father Patrick Desbois today handed over to AJC the data he assembled on hundreds of Holocaust mass graves in Ukraine , Belarus and Poland . AJC is spearheading an international coalition, launched in January, …
May 11, 2011 – New York – Observing that it is the best tradition of the United States to seek to accommodate citizens’ own religious practices, AJC told the U.S. Court of Appeals that there is no merit to an Establishment Clause challenge to the …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem May 10, 2011 A familiar sinking feeling accompanies the news of a unity agreement between the Palestinian Authority’s Fatah leadership and the Islamist Hamas government of Gaza. Some informed observers suggest …
May 10, 2011 – New York – More than 450 young Jewish adults from around the world converged in Washington for a weekend sponsored by AJC ACCESS to discuss strategies for confronting two pressing challenges – the global assault on Israel’s legitimacy, …
May 9, 2011 – Chicago – AJC applauded the State of Indiana’s decision to dismiss its appeal of a lower court’s decision to require Indiana prisons to provide kosher food to observant Jewish inmates. The Indiana Department of Corrections already …
May 8, 2011 -- New York -- AJC called on the Egyptian government to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of Christians Copts and their religious institutions, after two Cairo churches were burned last night. At least ten people died in the …
April 28, 2011 – Washington – AJC honored Panama President Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal tonight with its prestigious Light Unto the Nations award at the advocacy organization’s Global Forum. “President Martinelli personifies what it means to be a …
May 2, 2011 – New York – AJC is urging governments around the world to take notice of the reaction of Hamas to the killing of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden by U.S forces. “By extolling Osama Bin Ladin as ‘an Arab and Muslim holy warrior,’ …
April 30, 2011 – Washington – “ Israel ’s security today is part of Germany ’s raison d’être,” German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière told the AJC 2011 Global Forum. “This is a principle that determines our political action. It is also our …
April 28, 2011 -- Washington – In a spirited debate on U.S. Foreign Policy and the Middle East, former Democratic Congressman Robert Wexler and Elliott Abrams, former Deputy National Security Advisor in the Bush Administration, agreed that unfolding …
April 28, 2011 – Washington – AJC expressed its outrage and grief over today’s terrorist bombing in Marrakech , Morocco , which left 15 people dead and more than 20 wounded. The explosion at the Restaurant Argana, a popular tourist stop in …
April 28, 2011 – Washington , D.C. – White House Chief of Staff William Daley, addressing AJC’s 2011 Global Forum, proclaimed that “the President’s support for Israel ’s security has been and will be unshakeable.” Daley, in his first speech to a …
April 27, 2011 – Washington – An AJC ad in tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal is a powerful reminder of the enduring friendship of the United States and Israel. “Every U.S. President since Israel’s founding, from Harry Truman through Barack Obama, has …
April 26, 2011 – Washington – More than 400 activists will spend the weekend with AJC ACCESS at an intensive conference to address two current challenges – the global assault on Israel’s legitimacy, and restoring civility in public discourse. “ …
