The facts that the targeted politician, Ari Hoffman, is an Orthodox Jew, that the threats are laced with blatantly antisemitic comments and that this is happening amid a rise in reported assaults on Jews across the United States is distressing.
This week in Manama, Bahrain, the Trump Administration is slated to publicly present – and conduct a series of working groups around – its economic vision for the Palestinian people. This vision will be part of the President’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan. Since the Administration announcedthe conference last month, there has been considerable speculation about what it can achieve, who will be participating, and how the economic element of the Administration’s plans will mesh with the expected political track. Following are developments worth watching:
Before celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut, or Independence Day, Israel always honors those who made the ultimate sacrifice with Yom HaZikaron, or Memorial Day. As these Israeli national holidays approach, AJC offers 10 nonfiction titles that illustrate why Israel observes these two occasions side-by-side.
AJC Berlin hosts H.E. Jeremy Issacharoff, Israel’s Ambassador to Germany, for an exclusive webinar to discuss Israeli-German cooperation in times of coronavirus and the current political situation in Israel.
Hours after Germany banned all Hezbollah activity on its soil, Vice President of the European Union Parliament Nicola Beer of Germany, Member of the European Parliament Lukas Mandl of Austria, and American diplomatic analyst Michael Doran joined AJC for an online discussion about the broader impact.