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The American Jewish Committee deeply regrets the decision of the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber, adopted by two in favor to one against, that the Court’s territorial jurisdiction extends to Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem. We welcome the State Department’s expression of “serious concerns” about the Court’s attempted over-reach.

“When I think of the consummate American statesman,” said AJC CEO David Harris, “I think of George Shultz. I had the honor of meeting him several times. Always gracious. Always understated. Always brilliant. And always curious and open-minded. He was a diplomatic giant and, I would add, a hero of the Jewish people. America has lost one of our greatest — World War II veteran, scholar, public servant, and author of history.”

“If Only Israel (IOI) syndrome,” a term I began using several years ago, is the misguided notion, peddled in the name of Israel's “best interests” by some in the diplomatic, academic, and media worlds, that if only Israel did this or that, peace with the Palestinians would be at hand.