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With a global pandemic, racial justice protests, a surge of antisemitism and more, 2020 has been an especially trying year for us all. At the same time, the world has also witnessed countless points of light, from unprecedented efforts to help those most impacted by the pandemic and important developments in burgeoning Muslim-Jewish ties to historic peace achieved in the Middle East and North Africa. Here are 10 pivotal Jewish moments of 2020.

AJC’s Transatlantic Institute launched the “Transatlantic Friends of Israel” in the European Parliament, the first-ever cross-party friendship caucus specifically committed to strengthening the trilateral partnership between the U.S., Israel, and Europe. All of the caucus leaders are PI alumni.

Ansis Ivans penned a series of reflections highlighting the strengths of Israel’s security infrastructure, which he witnessed while in Israel with Project Interchange and fellow Baltic opinion leaders.

Suhasini Haidar traveled with Project Interchange as a leading Indian journalist in 2016. In 2020 she published an article promoting the UAE-Israel agreement.