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In a show of bipartisan unity, Reps. Brad Schneider (D-IL) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), members of the House Abraham Accords Caucus, joined the plenary stage at AJC Global Forum 2024.

With the growing unrest around the world from Ukraine to the Israel-Hamas war, global experts Richard Fontaine, CEO, Center for a New American Security and Julia Ioffe, Founding Partner and Washington Correspondent, Puck News break down what you need to know about these conflicts and the threats they pose to world security.

Amid increasing threats, harassment, and violence being directed at Jewish students at campus protests and encampments across the country, American Jewish Committee (AJC) – along with our partners at Columbia/Barnard Hillel, Hillel International, and UJA-Federation of New York – called on universities and their leaders to keep Jewish students safe on their campuses.

Following a week filled with increasing threats, harassment, and violence directed at Jewish students at campus protests and encampments across the country, students from Brown, Columbia, and Rutgers demanded that university administrators better ensure the safety of Jewish students on campus. The students were joined by leadership from Columbia/Barnard Hillel, Hillel International, American Jewish Committee (AJC), and UJA-Federation of New York.

Since Oct. 7, students and faculty on college campuses around the country have been expressing blatant support for Hamas terror tactics, advocating for excluding Zionists from campus spaces and chanting antisemitic slogans. But in recent weeks we have seen an alarming escalation from deeply problematic and hateful speech to chaotic disruptions to threats of violence.

In March, demonstrators barged into a Columbia Law School luncheon for admitted students, chanting virulently anti-Israel and abusive rhetoric. The school administrators present did not object or call campus security.