American Jewish Committee today welcomed the U.S. House of Representatives’ unanimous passage of a bipartisan resolution condemning the Hamas terror attack on Oct. 7 and demanding that Hamas immediately release all hostages and allow for their safe return home.
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American Jewish Committee Applauds Unanimous House Passage of Resolution Calling for Release of Hamas Hostages
AJC Statement on Agreement to Secure Release of 50 Hostages Held by Hamas
American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes today’s announcement of an agreement brokered by the United States, with assistance from Qatar, for the release of 50 of the hostages abducted by Hamas and other terrorists from southern Israel on October 7.
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AJC Statement on French President Emmanuel Macron’s Israel Comments
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, is deeply disturbed by French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments, in a BBC interview released today, that Israel’s actions to protect its citizens from terrorists had “no legitimacy” and that Israel must stop killing women and babies in Gaza.
AJC Leadership Brings Message of Solidarity to Israel
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch and President Michael Tichnor this week returned from a solidarity mission to Israel during which they met with the Israeli government, spoke with family members of those being held hostage by Hamas, and visited with the injured, survivors, and victims' families of the October 7 attack.
AJC Applauds Unanimous Senate Passage of Resolution Calling for Release of Hamas Hostages
American Jewish Committee (AJC) today welcomed the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of a bipartisan resolution condemning the Hamas terror attack on October 7 and demanding that Hamas release all hostages and allow for their safe return home. The resolution, introduced by Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Todd Young (R-IN), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Mitt Romney (R-UT), was adopted on day 33 of the hostages being held in Gaza.
AJC Rejects UN Panel's Assertions of False Equivalence Between Hamas Terror and Israel’s Defensive Actions
New York, NY, October 31, 2023 – American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today categorically rejected a UN panel’s recent statement asserting a false equivalence between the horrific acts of terrorism targeting civilians committed by Hamas on and since October 7 and Israel’s defensive response to those acts in Gaza, as well as its determination that Israel’s use of military force to respond to Hamas’s attack was illegitimate.
American Jewish Committee Comments on UN Secretary General's Remarks About Hamas Attack
American Jewish Committee, the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, issued this statement following remarks from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who said the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists "did not happen in a vacuum."
Q&A with AJC Ted Deutch in the National Journal
AJC CEO Ted Deutch discusses Hamas' recent attack on Israel, the U.S. response, and rising antisemitism.
AJC Appalled by UN Commission’s Refusal to Acknowledge Hamas’ Attack as Terrorism
American Jewish Committee (AJC) today decried the failure of a UN panel to identify the October 7 mass murder of Israelis by Hamas as a terrorist act and protested its “false equivalence” of the Hamas attack and Israel’s self-defensive actions.
American Jewish Committee Statement on Threat By Colombia to Cut Relations with Israel
Colombia President Gustavo Petro has threatened to cut diplomatic relations with Israel, which had suspended exports of security equipment in response to Petro’s comments last week that accused the Jewish State of war crimes while refusing to condemn the massacre of more than 1,300 Israelis by Hamas.
American Jewish Committee, the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, issued this statement in response:
American Jewish Committee, the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, issued this statement in response:
110+ Organizations Call on World Leaders to Secure Immediate Release of Hamas Hostages
American Jewish Committee, the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today was joined by more than 110 Jewish organizations from more than 40 countries in urging the United Nations and all governments to take swift action to secure the immediate and unconditional release of the estimated 200 hostages being held by Hamas after its terror massacre against Israel on October 7.
Diplomats Join American Jewish Committee in Solidarity Rally to Support Israel
The New York diplomatic community—including envoys from 60 nations--joined American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, for a solidarity rally today with Israel to condemn the Hamas massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis and the kidnapping of more than 200 people.
American Jewish Committee CEO: The Evil Nature of Hamas is On Full Display
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch today released the following statement in response to confirmation that Hamas slaughtered 40 Israeli babies, further depicting the depravity and inhumanity of Hamas’ terror attack against Israel.
American Jewish Committee Calls on UN to Condemn Hamas Terrorism in Israel
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, is urging members of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) to issue a condemnation of Hamas’s terror attack against Israel following the body’s emergency session Sunday. AJC welcomes statements from individual Member States expressing solidarity with Israel and urges key UN bodies and other multinational institutions to follow suit.
Israeli-Emirati Peace Agreement Could Be Model for Other Middle East Nations, Veteran Congressional Leader Predicts at American Jewish Committee Lecture
The historic peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates can be a model for the entire region, said former U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Howard Berman today. Congressman Berman, who was extensively involved in improving relations between Israel and Arab nations during his 30 years in Congress, spoke at the inaugural Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba Lecture sponsored by American Jewish Committee.
American Jewish Committee Welcomes Israel’s Admittance to U.S. Visa Waiver Program
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today welcomed the U.S. Government’s announcement that Israel has been admitted to the United States Visa Waiver Program. Israel joins more than 40 other countries in this program that allows for simplified, automated approval for 90-day tourist and business travel to the US.
AJC CEO Ted Deutch Meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu During UN General Assembly
American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch today met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the Prime Minister’s address to the United Nations General Assembly. Deutch was among a group of American Jewish leaders invited to speak with Netanyahu.
AJC CEO Ted Deutch Denounces Abbas’s Hateful Attacks Against Israel at the UN
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch today decried Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas' address at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, during which he once again perpetuated baseless, hateful attacks against Israel.
American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch Praises Nomination of Jack Lew to be U.S. Ambassador to Israel
AJC CEO Ted Deutch today praised President Biden's nomination of Jack Lew to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel.
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