President Joe Biden is within arm’s reach of fulfilling his 2021 public pledge to help Israel join the United States Visa Waiver Program, an achievement American friends of the Jewish state are poised to celebrate.
AJC bought $15,000 of the date honey to share with attendees at Global Forum, AJC’s annual international conference. The decision to invest in Building Together comes from years of engagement by AJC’s Business Collective, a board task force, led by Eli Ibrahimzade, committed to finding economic opportunities to promote greater regional engagement between Israel and the Arab world.
AJC hailed the introduction today of a resolution in the U.S House of Representatives condemning resolutions or policies promoting boycotts of Israeli academic institutions and scholars by American institutions of higher learning and scholarly associations.
Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita today said the Abraham Accords have created “incredible momentum” for peace and prosperity in the Middle East and helped create unprecedented growth in his country’s trade with Israel. In a video address to more than 1,500 attendees at AJC Global Forum in Tel Aviv, Bourita also said the Kingdom of Morocco took deep pride in its Jewish heritage and support for its Jewish community and institutions.