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AJC Condemns MEP Meeting with Assad
24 September 2013 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute condemned the decision by Veronique De Keyser, a Belgian Member of the European Parliament, to meet with Bashar al-Assad on a recent trip to Syria. Parliament and the Group of the Progressive Alliance of...
AJC Welcomes Release of Nasrin Sotoudeh from Iranian Prison
September 18, 2013 – New York – AJC welcomed the release of Nasrin Sotoudeh from an Iranian prison today. A courageous women’s rights advocate and lawyer, Sotoudeh received the prestigious European Parliament 2012 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Eleven other prisoners of conscience also...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Calls for the Cancellation of Planned Iran Visit
18 September 2013 - Brussels - The AJC Transatlantic Institute called on the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iran to halt plans for a visit to Tehran this fall. At today’s delegation meeting, Chair Tarja Cronberg (Greens/EFA, Finland) announced her...
CNN: Syria's Wounded Treated in Israel
Syrian victims of civil war are being treated in an Israeli hospital. CNN's Jim Clancy reports.
Finally, EU Makes Hezbollah Pay for Terror in Europe
By Daniel Schwammenthal
26 July 2013
"We are all Hezbollah now...
EU and Hezbollah: Half a Loaf is Far Better Than No Loaf
By David Harris
The European Union has now designated the “military wing” of Hezbollah as a terrorist...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Welcomes the EU's Designation of Hezbollah's Military Wing
22 July 2013 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute welcomed the decision of the European Union at today’s Foreign Affairs Council to list the “military wing” of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
"Today’s decision by EU Foreign...
To Honor the Burgas Victims, Condemn Hezbollah
By Daniel Schwammenthal
The Wall Street Journal Europe
The tourists had just boarded...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Calls for EU Action Against Hezbollah, One Year After Burgas Attack
17 July 2013 – Brussels – The AJC Transatlantic Institute called on the European Union to finally take punitive measures against the terror group Hezbollah one year after the horrid attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, which killed six and injured 32.
“It...
Daniel Schwammenthal “Live From…” the European Council in Brussels
EU Foreign Ministers will meet on Monday, July 22, 2013 in the European Council building to discuss whether or not to designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. Speaking from in front of that building just one day before the first anniversary of that horrific attack,...