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.

Amid rising tensions between Israel and Spain resulting in an unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents, American Jewish Committee (AJC) brought together more than one hundred Jewish community leaders from across Ibero-America to explore regional trends, exchange best practices and resources, visualize future scenarios, and design guidelines for effective collective action for its annual Strategic Forum for Leaders of Ibero-American Jewish Communities.

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.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, together with 15 communities from across Iberoamerica, today issued The Madrid Declaration, calling on governments throughout the region to protect local Jewish communities from the growing “atmosphere of targeting and fear” and to prioritize the rebuilding of diplomatic relations with the State of Israel.

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), 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.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today praised Costa Rica for adopting the widely recognized working definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The announcement followed meetings with government leaders by a delegation from AJC’s Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA).

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today expressed profound concern regarding the Chilean government’s behavior toward the State of Israel and the Chilean Jewish community.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) has honored Paraguayan President Santiago Peña with the AJC Gesher Award for bolstering his nation’s enduring friendship with the Jewish people and Israel, including moving his country’s Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and designating Hamas and Hezbollah as terrorist organizations.

Since the Hamas terror attack on October 7, 2023 – the deadliest day for the Jewish community since the Holocaust – American Jewish Committee (AJC) has mobilized its global architecture, including 25 offices across the United States and 15 international postings, to support Israel in its hour of need. This week, AJC CEO Ted Deutch, Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA) Director Dina Siegel Vann, and BILLA Co-Chairs Margot Carter and Mario Fleck led a delegation to Brazil in support of this mission.

An American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership delegation traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina this week to mark 30 years since the terror attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish community center, which killed 85 people and injured 300 others when a suicide bomber drove an explosives-laden truck into the six-story building. The 1994 bombing was carried out by Hezbollah terrorists linked to the Iranian regime.

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.

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.