AJC voices its strong disagreement with the remarks offered by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in which he described the wartime Fascist leader, Miklos Horthy, as an “exceptional statesman.”
AJC is appalled that several Jewish participants in a gay pride parade in Chicago were told to leave the event because their flags had the Jewish Star of David.
AJC is deeply disappointed by today’s decision of the Israeli government to withdraw from the plan to establish an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall (Kotel).
AJC praised the growing number of UN Human Rights Council member states that joined with Israel and the United States in not attending or not speaking at Monday’s discussion of agenda item #7.