Press Releases and Statements

In response to the announcement the Israeli government has authorized the construction of 2,500 new housing units in West Bank settlements, AJC CEO David Harris issued a statement about risky optics.

In advance of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the confirmation of Nikki Haley as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, AJC submitted a series of questions to Committee Chairman Bob Corker and Ranking Member Ben Cardin. Topics covered include the UN's role during the Trump administration, human rights, and Israel resolutions.

Following today’s gathering in Paris of representatives of 70 countries to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian issue, AJC CEO David Harris issued a statement about the conference's impact and the "empty Palestinian seat at the negotiating table."

An AJC leadership delegation just concluded a two-day visit to Latvia, where they had an hour-long meeting with President Raimonds Vējonis.

A prominent group of national U.S. Jews and Latinos has established the Latino Jewish Leadership Council (LJLC).

AJC hails today’s decision by Israel’s Supreme Court affirming the rights of women to pray unhindered at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Judaism’s holiest site.

In advance of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the confirmation of James N. Mattis as Secretary of Defense, AJC submitted a series of questions to Committee Chairman Senator John McCain and Ranking Member Senator Jack Reed.

In advance of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions to be U.S. attorney general, AJC submitted a series of questions to Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Senator Diane Feinstein.

The Jewish Religious Equality Coalition (J-REC), an AJC-led group of American Jews and Israelis, is visiting Israel to advocate for religious pluralism and mobilize support for the creation of alternatives to the Chief Rabbinate.

AJC welcomed the rejection today by the Modern Language Association (MLA) of a resolution to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

In January 2016, the Israeli government approved the expansion of the Kotel's egalitarian section - a historic victory for the movement towards religious pluralism and any who oppose an Orthodox monopoly on the sacred site. Over a year later, however, staunch opposition has the project sliding backwards. AJC is calling on Israeli leaders to move forward with the controversial compromise.

AJC attended today’s Washington address by Secretary of State John Kerry on the pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian peace

An AJC leadership delegation met with Argentine President Mauricio Macri yesterday in Buenos Aires.

AJC deplores the fatal attack at an outdoor holiday bazaar at Breitscheidplatz in central Berlin.

An AJC leadership delegation, on the second leg of regional consultations following the U.S. election, met with senior Jordanian officials on a range of political and security issues.

An AJC leadership delegation, in two days of meetings in Cairo, conferred with President Sisi and senior Egyptian officials on the importance of strengthening U.S.-Egyptian ties and the mutual benefits of increasingly close strategic cooperation between Egypt and Israel.

AJC is horrified by the wanton destruction of Aleppo, Syria’s third largest city, by the Bashar al-Assad regime, Russia and Iran.

An AJC delegation has concluded an eight-day visit to Myanmar and Vietnam.

AJC issued a statement upon the announcement by President-elect Trump that he will nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State.