International

Rice: Israel’s security an enduring American interest

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – President Obama’s national security advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice, delivered a major address to the AJC Global Forum. “Our commitment to Israel, as always, transcends partisanship,” Rice declared. “Israel’s security isn’t a Democratic interest or a Republican interest—it’s an enduring American interest.” Rice spoke to more than 2,700 people at the AJC […]

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Middle East, USA

Federal government orders Canada Post to stop delivering Toronto newspaper, calling it ‘hate propaganda’

Warning: Graphic language The federal government has ordered Canada Post to stop delivering Your Ward News, a crude Toronto newspaper that has denied the Holocaust, praised Adolf Hitler and derided Jews, Muslims, women and the LGBT community. Public Services and Procurement Minister Judy Foote, who oversees Canada Post, made the decision less than two months

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International

Russia backs Israel-Turkey reconciliation, despite alliance with Iran

Moscow (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his backing to Turkish and Israeli efforts to reconcile after nearly six years of frosty relations, as Moscow appeared to be warming its own ties to the Israelis despite being a staunch ally of Iran and Syria. “The fewer problems between governments, the better,” Putin said after

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International, Middle East

Massieu: U.S. benefits from Mexican trade, immigrants

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Mexican Foreign Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu, addressing the AJC Global Forum, spoke emphatically about U.S.-Mexican relations. “The Mexican-U.S. alliance is unwavering. It has deep, robust roots, and is mature enough to endure any political juncture,” said Massieu. Referring to comments made during the current U.S. political campaign, Massieu said “we cannot dismiss

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International, USA

‘Golda’s Balcony’ clarifies Israel’s history

“What happens when idealism becomes power?” –Todd Salovey By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California–When we look at history with the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to dismiss how dire a situation really was. After all, we won. But the storyteller’s art is to bring us back to that moment when all was nearly lost and

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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Two students praised for standing up to anti- Semites

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) presented its inaugural Campus Courage Award to Winston Shi of Stanford University and Milan Chatterjee of UCLA. The award honors students who have demonstrated unusual courage and moral clarity in standing up to anti-Semitism and the BDS movement. “Winston Shi and Milan Chatterjee are shining examples

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Herzog: ‘US should lead’ new regional peace effort

WASHINGTON – Israel is facing a “unique opportunity” for negotiations on a regional framework, opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog told attendees at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum Monday in the US capital. “Today there is a golden opportunity, which the United States should lead and which the international community should support with no reservations,”

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Middle East

Why Is Israel’s Netanyahu Warming to Russia’s Putin?

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were all smiles when they shook hands for the fourth time in a year Tuesday. Netanyahu is in Moscow for the third time since fall 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of Russia and Israel’s diplomatic relationship. It is therefore all the more surprising that

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International, Middle East

New AJC office will serve Eastern Europe

By Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON, D.C –  The American Jewish Committee (AJC) will open a new Central Europe Office headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. AJC CEO David Harris announced expansion of the global Jewish advocacy organization’s presence in Europe during the AJC Global Forum 2016 in Washington, D.C. “Establishing a permanent office in Warsaw builds upon decades of

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International, USA

WJC demands Google remove hate videos from YouTube

NEW YORK (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Tuesday called it “scandalous” that the world’s largest internet company Google Inc. is failing to remove thousands of neo-Nazi hate videos from its video platform YouTube. An investigative report, to be broadcast on German television later on Tuesday, found that many video clips which incite

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International, USA

Pollard’s lawyers can’t see state’s claims in parole case

A Federal Judge on Monday ruled that the US government can hand in a classified ex parte submission to the court, not allowing Jonathan Pollard’s lawyers to see the state’s evidence in arguing for his strict parole limitations. The case relates to the harsh parole conditions imposed on Pollard, who was released last November after

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Middle East, USA

American Anthropologists reject BDS

Members of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) seeking to boycott the Jewish state as part of the discriminative BDS movement failed on Tuesday, as a boycott resolution was narrowly shot down by the organization. The resolution banning collaborations with all Israeli universities and research institutions was defeated by 2,423 votes against as opposed to 2,384

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA