April 18, 2011 – Berlin – AJC Berlin has appealed to 61 German companies participating in the “Iran Oil Show 2011” in Tehran to reassess their business dealings with Iran , given widespread human rights abuses, the export of terrorism and the widening …
April 15, 2011 – New York – AJC welcomes Poland President Bronislaw Komorowski’s critique of his country’s failure to enact a law allowing for the restitution of seized private properties confiscated by the Nazis and the Communists. In no uncertain …
April 13, 2011 – New York – AJC is appealing directly to the foreign ministers of key European countries to oppose the current Palestinian effort to achieve a state through a unilateral declaration of independence, and to press the Palestinian …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem April 12, 2011 Cyprus feels much like home to an Israeli: rocky hills; familiar food; same sea; and a similar existential sense of living on the edge of a volcano. Many Israelis have been to Cyprus for vacations …
April 11, 2011 – AJC is urging the U.S. Congress to move expeditiously to pass the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Colombia. “It’s a shame for relations with a key Latin American partner that this important accord has remained stuck in the halls of …
April 10, 2011 – New York – On the first anniversary of the Polish plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and the 94 other passengers on board, AJC bowed its head in painful memory, sorrow and solidarity with the Polish …
April 7, 2011 – New York -- AJC called for international condemnation of the Hamas regime in Gaza after an anti-tank missile landed next to a school bus in southern Israel. “Today’s attack that critically injured an Israeli teenager on a school …
April 5, 2011 – New York – In a new effort to press for a repeal of the seriously flawed Goldstone Commission report, AJC today called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to use the moral authority of his office to urge the UN Human Rights Council, as …
Statement of Richard T. Foltin, Esq. Director of National and Legislative Affairs Office of Government and International Affairs American Jewish Committee Submitted on behalf of the American Jewish Committee to The Senate Judiciary …
Key Palestinian Authority officials are increasingly threatening to declare statehood unilaterally, possibly by September 2011, while refusing to resume peace talks with Israel. Such a move would effectively end the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. …
March 30, 2011 – New York – AJC applauded President Obama’s announcement of a plan to dramatically reduce America ’s dependence on foreign oil over the next decade. “We agree wholeheartedly with President Obama’s clarion call to diminish our …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem March 28, 2011 Just a few months ago General Jim Jones, the former U.S. National Security Advisor, told the Herzliah Conference that if God has allocated just one crisis for President Obama to resolve during his …
March 25, 2011 – New York – AJC welcomed the UN Human Rights Council resolution recognizing the importance of public debate and interfaith dialogue in combating religious intolerance. The measure, adopted by consensus yesterday in Geneva , …
March 24, 2011 – Jerusalem – AJC has criticized an Israeli parliamentary committee for interfering in the internal affairs of the organized American Jewish community. The Knesset Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee held hearings yesterday on the …
March 23, 2011 – New York – AJC condemned the bombing of a commuter bus in Jerusalem . The bomb exploded outside Egged Bus No. 74 near the Binyanei Ha'uma Conference Center in Israel ’s capital city. The blast killed one person, and injured 50. …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem March 22, 2011 While worldwide attention focused on the conflict in Libya, ongoing strife in the Arab world, and the disasters striking Japan, important events took place in Israel that may reshape some of the …
Click here to read AJC' s backgrounder Assessing the UN Security Council Resolution on Libya .
March 22, 2011 – New York – AJC has voiced dismay over the unwillingness of a Norwegian legislator to renounce his open denial of the Holocaust. “The Holocaust is the most documented genocidal crime in history,” said AJC Executive Director David …
March 17, 2011 -- New York -- AJC a letter today to all members of the UN Security Council regarding Israel’s seizure of a cargo ship carrying Iranian arms for Hamas. The full text of the letter follows: Your Excellency: We wish to call your attention …
AJC Denounces Latest Hamas Rocket Attacks on Israel March 19, 2011 -- New York -- AJC denounced the latest salvo of rocket attacks from Gaza targeted at Israel. More than 50 rockets landed in southern Israel this morning with the aim of causing …
