Last week, heads of state and government from more than 80 countries met with AJC leaders on the sidelines of the opening week of the United Nations General Assembly.
The European Union has only designated Hezbollah’s military branch a terrorist organization, legitimizing its so-called “political” faction. Now AJC is urging the EU to finish the job and designate Hezbollah a global terror organization in its entirety.
The horrific attack on a German synagogue in Halle on Yom Kippur was the second in less than a week – a lethal turn of events that has seemed inevitable as antisemitic crimes have risen in recent years.