In this interview with the French news site, Atlantico, Managing Director of American Jewish Committee (AJC) Europe Simone Rodan-Benzaquen discusses the rise of antisemitism among the highly educated.
n a situation like the one between Israel and Poland, both parties should admit the following: there is too little chemistry binding them and too much destructive energy involved. Sincere communication between top leaders is necessary for the relations to start moving forward positively. Importantly, they will have to realize that they bear responsibility for a relationship that a generation of Poles and Israelis have built at great price, with huge efforts.
Countries are lining up to declare they will not attend the20th anniversary of the UN’s notorious 2001 World Conference Against Racism, held in Durban, South Africa. The gathering is set to take place on September 22, during the opening days of the UN General Assembly.
As United Nations secretary-general, you said more than once you were a friend of Israel. But then I read your oped in the Financial Times on June 29th. Could this really be the same Ban Ki-moon writing such a one-sided assault on Israel, raising questions about whether you truly are a friend or, still worse, if you are even committed today to Israel’s very existence.