February 9, 2012 -- Warsaw – An AJC delegation has concluded a visit to Poland , marking the end of a six-country, eight-city European diplomatic tour. AJC Executive Director David Harris and the delegation met with, among others, Foreign Minister …
February 7, 2012 -- Berlin -- An AJC delegation has completed a two-day visit to Berlin and Hamburg for high-level meetings.The visit followed stops by the delegation in Athens, Thessaloniki, Brussels, Paris and Rome. In Berlin, the group, led by AJC …
February 7, 2012 – New York – AJC’s Rabbi David Rosen urged the UN General Assembly today to protect the quest for Arab-Israeli peace from extremists' assaults by giving more power to "religiously responsible voices." "If we don…
February 6, 2012 – New York -- AJC called on Presbyterian Church leaders to make efforts to further rein in its highly problematic Israel/Palestine Mission Network (IPMN). “When American church leaders allow extremists in their own community to dictate …
February 6, 2012 – New York – AJC praised President Obama for imposing intensified sanctions on Iran ’s Central Bank. The president’s action further tightens the rules barring transactions with the bank that were put in place in legislation enacted in …
February 4, 2012 -- New York -- AJC profoundly regrets the vetoes by China and Russia of UN Security Council action on Syria. The council voted 13-2 on a resolution today. “Tragically, China and Russia, standing alone, have prevented the UN Security …
February 3, 2012 -- Paris -- UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova pledged to AJC today that her agency's latest five-year Science Report would belatedly be augmented with an online chapter on Israeli scientific achievements. The additional material on …
February 2, 2012 -- Washington – AJC Washington Director Melanie Maron Pell called the attack on a local mosque “an outrageous assault” on a house of worship. She urged law enforcement to move expeditiously to bring to justice those responsible. The …
February 2, 2012 – Paris – An AJC delegation has just concluded a visit to Paris, highlighted by a meeting with French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé. The delegation also met with, among others, the National Assembly's France-Israel friendship …
January 31, 2012 – New York – AJC, the premier global Jewish advocacy organization, congratulated India and Israel on the 20th anniversary of the two democratic nations establishing full diplomatic relations. “After two decades of wide-ranging ties, …
January 30, 2012--Athens--An AJC leadership delegation has just concluded a three-day trip to Greece, marking the agency's third visit in the past 17 months. Led by AJC Executive Director David Harris, the group met with, among others, Defense …
January 28, 2012 -- New York -- AJC applauded the Norwegian prime minister for publicly apologizing for his country’s role in the Holocaust. “Without diminishing the Nazis’ responsibility, it is time to recognize that police and other Norwegians took …
January 25, 2012 – New York – AJC Executive Director David Harris, addressing a Holocaust remembrance gathering at the United Nations today, implored the audience to not just commemorate the victims, but to redouble efforts globally to prevent it from ever …
January 25, 2012 – New York – AJC praised New Jersey law enforcement for apprehending a suspect in the recent fire-bombings of two synagogues. Anthony Graziano, 19, is charged with nine counts of attempted murder, bias intimidation, arson and aggravated …
January 25, 2012 – New York – In observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, AJC issued the statement below, and re-released its short film on the Nazi death camp, Belzec. More than 500,000 Jews were slaughtered there in less than a year. Only …
January 23, 2012 – New York – AJC welcomed Andrew Adler’s resignation today as publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times. Adler, who has owned the newspaper since 2009, said he will be seeking a buyer for the city's oldest Jewish periodical. AJC …
January 23, 2012 -- New York -- AJC praised the European Union for adopting today new sanctions that will end oil imports from Iran and sanction the Iranian Central Bank. The oil embargo will be implemented in phases, with an immediate stop to new …
January 20. 2012 -- Atlanta -- AJC today expressed its total revulsion that Andrew Adler, the owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, called for the assassination of President Obama in a recent column in the paper. He has since apologized, …
January 19, 2012 -- New York -- AJC called President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project “disappointing.” “Failure to move forward to approve and build the Keystone XL pipeline threatens our country’s energy security, and also …
January 16, 2012 -- New York -- AJC welcomed two new agreements between Bulgaria and Israel, expanding their defense and security cooperation. The accords were signed in Tel Aviv by Bulgarian Defense Minister Anyu Angelov and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud …
