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American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, welcomes reports that the first stage of an agreement has been reached that will facilitate the release of 33 of the remaining hostages brutally abducted from Israel during Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023. It also outlines a path forward to secure the release of all remaining hostages held in inhumane conditions in Gaza and potentially end more than 15 months of war and suffering for Israelis and Gazans.

Since Hamas’ brutal attack on October 7, American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, has been advocating side-by-side with more than 50 hostage families to keep their stories front of mind for officials at the highest levels of leadership across society.

Here is what is known about the people taken hostage on October 7, the history of Hamas’ hostage-taking, how Israel has responded in the past, and the latest on hostages negotiations.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, is deeply disturbed by Sunday’s 60 Minutes segment, “Dissent within the State Department over U.S. Role in Israel-Hamas War.”

What would you do if fascism and antisemitism seized your homeland? In his podcast Pack One Bag, documentarian David Modigliani takes listeners on a journey through his family’s escape from Italy in 1938. The podcast features Stanley Tucci as Mogdiliani’s great-grandfather, who was known as Italy’s “King of the Books,” and once advised Mussolini but later turned against him.