AJC joins with the people of Israel and advocates of peace around the world in mourning the passing of Shimon Peres, the last surviving leader of Israel’s founding generation, at the age of 93.
AJC honored Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades with the global advocacy organization’s prestigious Light Unto the Nations Award for his steadfast defense of democratic values, relentless pursuit of peace, and unwavering commitment to friendship with the United States and Israel.
AJC lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s powerful address at the UN General Assembly today in which he exuded optimism about Israel’s place in the world.
Following a meeting in New York this week with AJC and other Jewish organizations, Hungarian State Secretary Levente Magyar claimed that we concurred with his view that U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power’s remarks about antisemitism in Hungary at a recent UN Conference were “exaggerated,” “intentionally mistranslated sentences” based on “distorted information.”