Mayors of Polish cities, attending an AJC Central Europe and City of Warsaw conference on combating hate, have issued a joint statement urging implementation of a policy of “zero tolerance for prejudice, xenophobia and antisemitism.”
This July marks 25 years since Israel and Vietnam officially established diplomatic relations. In celebration of this important milestone, Daniel Silver, Assistant Director of AJC’s Asia Pacific Institute, interviewed H.E. Nadav Eshcar, Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam, on the past 25 years of relations and what the future holds.
AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization, is supporting IsraAID relief efforts in Kerala, India following devastating monsoon rains that have displaced more than 1 million people and caused hundreds of deaths.
AJC is dismayed that Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, just prior to leaving office, recognized a Palestinian state despite his commitment during his tenure not to do so.