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Tonight’s event, Diverse Voices from Israel, brought an interesting mix of minorities serving in the Israeli Defense Forces together to speak. With an introduction by Christopher Perlera, an American Jewish Committee Project Interchange alumni, the panel of speakers was hosted by Jonathan Elkhoury, a Lebanese Christian, and each guest spoke about his or her experience as a citizen of Israel and serving in the IDF or in National Service.

An AJC leadership delegation just concluded a two-day visit to Azerbaijan's capital. The mission was highlighted by a 75-minute private meeting with the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, at his presidential dacha. There was also a dinner with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, who addressed the AJC Global Forum in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

The consortia owning Israel's two productive gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean—Tamar and Leviathan (with a U.S. company, Noble Energy, an important but not a majority partner in both)—have signed a huge gas deal with an Egyptian company, estimated at 15 billion dollars over 10 years.

February 19th AJC Live show with Francine Klagsbrun

An AJC leadership delegation just concluded a two-day visit to Georgia’s capital. The mission was highlighted by a 70-minute meeting with the Prime Minister of Georgia, Giorgi Kvirikashvili.