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After the Attacks in France, What Next?
by Nita Lowey and David Harris The Huffington Post and Times of Israel January 13, 2015
AJC: Multiple Terror Attacks Wake-Up Call to Radical Islam Threat to France
January 9, 2015 – Paris – AJC Paris called for stepped up efforts to combat Islamist terrorism in France as violent attacks in Paris over the past two days expanded to a kosher supermarket.
“What happened over the past 48 hours was a shock to the...
AJC Appalled by Deadly Terror Attack on French Newspaper
January 7, 2015 -- Paris -- AJC is appalled by the terrorist attack on the office of a French newspaper. At least 12 are dead, and several of the wounded are in critical condition, after hooded gunmen shouting “Allahu Akbar” and “Avenge the prophet,” stormed the office of...
European Parliament Steps Backward on Tackling Anti-Semitism
December 22, 2014 – New York – AJC is deeply disappointed with the European Parliament's failure to establish a task force to fight the rise of anti-Semitism across Europe.
"European Parliament inaction on an anti-Semitism...
European Parliament Rejects Unconditional Recognition of Palestine
17 December 2014 – Strasbourg - The European Parliament today neutered a resolution on Palestinian statehood, refraining from calling for immediate recognition. The motion passed in the plenary no longer “urges" EU member states to immediately recognize Palestine, as...
Remarks: TAI Director Daniel Schwammenthal on Iran at 40th European Parliament - Knesset Interparliamentary Meeting
On 3 December 2014, TAI Director Daniel Schwammenthal followed an invitation by the Chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Israel to speak at the 40th EP-Knesset Interparliamentary Meeting. Daniel briefed Members of the European Parliament and...
Europe’s Jews under Assault
By Daniel Schwammenthal
15 September 2014
With thousands of European Jihadists fighting in Syria...
Nurit Peled Urges MEPs to Call Israel's Actions "Holocaust"
Nurit Peled, an Israeli professor of linguistics and Sakharov Prize laureate, urged MEPs to use the term “Holocaust” to describe Israel's actions in Gaza in 2014. The incident occured on 11 September 2014 during a hearing of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human...
AJC Transatlantic Institute shocked as Members of the EU Parliament are encouraged to call Israel's actions "Holocaust"
11 September 2014 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute is shocked that a panelist invited by the EU Parliament Human Rights Subcommittee encouraged MEP's to call Israel's actions in Gaza “Holocaust."
"Comparing Israel's self...
Fear and Trembling: Western Media and Hamas
By Daniel Schwammenthal
8 August 2014
We are all aware of the wilful blindness of Western media when reporting on Hamas in Gaza....