Articles by David Harris

Israel celebrates its 70th anniversary this month. Let me put my cards on the table — I’m not dispassionate when it comes to Israel.

The difference between Hamas and Israel couldn’t be greater, yet you wouldn’t know it when listening to some observers.

One day, I fear, what is currently happening in Polish-Israeli and Polish-Jewish relations will become a case study for universities and diplomatic academies around the world in how an outwardly strong partnership can unravel practically overnight.

For those of us, and I include the American Jewish Committee (AJC) centrally here, who have struggled to write a bright new chapter in Polish-Jewish relations, this is a key moment. We dare not lose the momentum gained in recent years.

You are on record as calling for your country to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state as soon as possible.

The recent focus on the Jerusalem issue is a telling reminder that Israel is treated according to a totally different standard than other countries in the international system.

In all the discussion about this decades-long conflict and the quest for a solution, some basic facts are too often missing, neglected, downplayed, or skewed.

On December 6, 1987, 30 years ago, more than 250,000 people gathered in Washington to call on the Kremlin to open the gates and let Soviet Jews emigrate.

When I first heard about Larry David’s attempted Holocaust humor on “Saturday Night Live,” I was appalled.

One of the most exciting developments in recent memory has been the opening, on New York’s Roosevelt Island, of the first phase of Cornell Tech, a cutting-edge partnership between Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

By discontinuing the DACA program, which protected close to 800,000 undocumented young people from deportation, President Trump has turned away from the classic American credo that has immeasurably strengthened and defined America: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."

For close to two decades, we have been blowing the whistle on the rising tide of antisemitism. When asked the source, our answer has always been the same: Look in three directions – the far left, the far right, and the jihadists.

Jewish college students need to be better prepared to discuss Israel before they arrive on campus. That's why AJC designed Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) - a program aimed at empowering a new generation of young Jewish leaders to advocate on behalf of their community, and to do so thoughtfully.

CEO David Harris hopes that President Trump will make clear that our nation does not countenance the warped views of bigots, as was on display in Charlottesville.

It’s high time for the international community to wake up to certain Palestinian realities that many would rather avoid.

On the 69th anniversary of Israel's establishment, step back from the twists and turns of the media and consider the sweep of the last 69 years.