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Halie Soifer, CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America, and Morgan Ortagus, former Spokeswoman for the Department of State under the Trump administration, engaged in a debate on the 2024 presidential election and its impact on the global Jewish community, Israel, and the future of democracy-live on the AJC Global Forum 2024 stage.

U.S. security aid is particularly important in Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, which is constantly under attack.

In response to a June 23 vote at the Washington State Democratic Party convention to approve resolutions calling for an Israeli ceasefire in the war against Hamas and for the U.S. to end aid to Israel, American Jewish Committee Seattle Director Regina Sassoon Friedland issued this statement: "The Washington State Democratic Party must remember that resolutions like those passed can serve as a dog whistle to those who demonize Jews in Washington and around the world."

Hezbollah – bent on murdering Israelis and eliminating the Jewish state – has as many as 150,000 missiles and rockets pointed at Israel and has fired nonstop barrages of rockets and drones at Israel's northern communities since October 7. AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich sets the record straight about the Iran-backed terror group.