Press Releases and Statements

Australia’s Jewish community had already endured fire bombings, graffiti, physical attacks, and threats. The community’s warnings have now become a devastating reality.

An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation, led by CEO Ted Deutch, has returned from Japan, where they met with top government officials and diplomats to reinforce strong ties among Japan and the United States, Israel, and the American Jewish community.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today signed a landmark partnership agreement with the Jewish Community of Japan (JCJ), strengthening ties between Jewish communities in the United States and Japan, and underscoring AJC’s commitment to building global Jewish solidarity.

Last week, in partnership with Creative Community for Peace (CCFP), American Jewish Committee (AJC) Project Interchange hosted a delegation of entertainment industry leaders in Israel, providing these executives the opportunity to experience Israel and meet with Israelis firsthand.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) is concerned by the irresponsible Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) yesterday, which dismisses concerns over UNRWA’s unacceptable track record in Gaza. Despite this regrettable development, AJC is urging continued cooperation and coordination with Israel from all stakeholders involved in implementing the historic October 10, 2025, ceasefire agreement to ensure that Palestinian civilians in Gaza receive the humanitarian aid they require, including through responsible United Nations entities, in ways that fully respect Israel’s legitimate security concerns.

After 738 days, we are overjoyed watching the reunions of the twenty surviving hostages with their loved ones, and our hearts are with the families of the deceased hostages who await their return.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes the agreement reached by Israel and Hamas, brokered by the United States, to begin the first phase of President Trump’s 20-point peace plan.

Just as the 2020 Accords did not materialize overnight, neither will their expansion. Even as we face unprecedented challenges in the region, there is reason for hope and a necessity for this work to continue. We must build on the foundation laid five years ago – for a new era of regional cooperation, greater stability, and the opportunity for a future defined by prosperity rather than perpetual conflict.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), in partnership with the Bergman Family Charitable Foundation and the Israeli nonprofit Save a Child’s Heart (SACH), is working to ensure more children in Zambia have access to lifesaving heart-disease treatment.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s decision to blacklist Hamas for patterns of sexual violence in conflict in the recently released Report of the Secretary-General on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence for 2024.

Following three days of reflection and collaboration at the third Jewish Africa Conference (JAC), American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Mimouna Association, and American Sephardi Federation (ASF) issued the Cape Town Declaration, a joint call for increased unity among Africa’s Jewish communities. The declaration highlights the importance of collaboration across the continent to achieve a peaceful and prosperous future, as well as the need to better protect African Jewish heritage and enhance these communities’ integration and visibility within the Jewish diaspora and the broader international community.

Yesterday’s passing of a symbolic resolution opposing Palestinian statehood in the Israeli Knesset – with more than a third of the body absent – reflects the Israeli people’s understandable fear and deep skepticism of a Palestinian state in the aftermath of October 7, the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust in which more than 1,200 people were murdered and over 250 taken hostage, 120 of whom remain in Hamas captivity. Israelis are rightly concerned that Hamas or another terrorist movement could at some point take over the Palestinian Authority, and that the realities of October 7 could repeat. The resolution should not be misinterpreted as the Israeli people’s rejection of peace with their Palestinian neighbors. It must be understood in the context of this moment.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) in North America today announced an historic partnership aimed at forging closer ties between Israeli and American Jewish teens and addressing growing rates of antisemitism in private non-Jewish high schools.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced today a grant awarded to Tevel B’Tzedek (Tevel), an Israeli NGO dedicated to tackling extreme poverty in subsistence farming villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This funding will bolster Tevel’s efforts to deliver aid to the people of Zambia. Following a deadly cholera outbreak, the African nation recently declared a national emergency based on widespread drought, which poses significant risks to agriculture, food and water security, and access to electricity.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) this week joined the Cape Verde Jewish Heritage Project (CVJHP), in partnership with the Ministry of Communities and the National Library of Cabo Verde, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the restoration of the Jewish cemetery of Praia.

Japan and South Korea’s support of Israel following the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas is a reflection of a strong bond between the two nations forged by an unstinting commitment to democracy and economic ties that have propelled both nations’ growth, American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch said following a mission last week to Japan and South Korea.

AJC CEO Ted Deutch today praised President Biden's nomination of Jack Lew to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel.

In response to the recent ethnic unrest affecting the Bnei Menashe community in Manipur, India, American Jewish Committee's (AJC) Asia Pacific Institute (API) has announced a donation of $15,000 through AJC's Heilbrunn Humanitarian Relief Fund.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) today expressed profound disappointment over the passage of the Reasonableness Standard Law in Israel.

The new law was pushed through unilaterally by the governing coalition amid deepening divisions in Israeli society as evidenced by the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who have taken to the streets. Of particular concern to AJC, the continued effort to press forward on judicial reform rather than seeking compromise has sown discord within the Israeli Defense Forces at a time of elevated threats to the Jewish homeland and has strained the vital relationship between Israel and Diaspora Jewry. 

AJC CEO Ted Deutch issued this statement following Israeli President Isaac Herzog's address to Congress this morning:

President Herzog’s address to Congress is a potent symbol of the ironclad partnership between the U.S. and Israel and how it has transformed the Middle East. It also underscores the president’s vital role as a bridge builder, one who offers pragmatic and actionable solutions to many of the issues that confront Israel. His voice is one we need to hear more. Israel has no better emissary. I know him personally as someone whose commitment and love for his nation knows no bounds. That passion was on full display today on Capitol Hill.