AJC, which has long advocated for the search for a two-state solution, denounced the incendiary speech by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the Palestinian Central Council.
An AJC delegation is visiting New Delhi, coinciding with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's six-day visit to India, where he has been warmly received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian public in Agra, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi.
With the goals of fostering technological innovation and boosting bilateral academic research and exchange opportunities, the presidents of top U.S. universities and colleges are visiting Israel this week with AJC Project Interchange.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, speaking today at an AJC breakfast, called on President Trump to “go with your heart” and “recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel.”
A decades-long AJC initiative to establish a trilateral alliance of India, Israel and the United States took historic steps toward fulfillment this week with the visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel, where he received an AJC delegation joined by Indian American leaders and Israeli and Indian policy analysts.