American Jewish Committee will work with the European Jewish Congress to help European Jewish communities tackle rising antisemitism and bring more attention to looming threats and foster a more vibrant Jewish life on the Continent.
I am encouraged by the news that five Americans whose lives, and whose families’ lives, have been upended by Iran’s longstanding callous practice of political hostage-taking and wrongfully detaining foreign nationals for use as bargaining chips, are closer than ever before to coming home as a result of the agreement announced today.
AJC praised President Trump for ordering a U.S. military strike on a Syrian airbase following the Assad regime’s fatal chemical weapons attack earlier this week.
An American Jewish Committee delegation headed by AJC CEO Ted Deutch met with Uruguay President Luis Lacalle Pou, who leads a nation that has been a friend of Israel since the birth of the Jewish State. Deutch hailed the longstanding ties between Uruguay and Israel as a model to boost relations with other Latin American countries.