new national intelligence estimate regarding iran: released by the ajc on december 4, 2007
Recent Developments
A new National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) released today by 16 American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen.
Some commentators have portrayed the new report as disavowing previous estimates that Iran […]

a very disturbing article about the recent “incident” in syria, published in the spectator (uk) on october 3, 2007, by douglas davis, former senior editor of the jerusalem post and james forsyth, online editor of the spectator

ajc welcomes demise of british academic boycott of israel
september 29, 2007
The American Jewish Committee today welcomed the announcement by Britain’s University and College Union (UCU) that it will not pursue a boycott of Israeli academics. The decision comes after the union’s legal advisors determined that such a boycott would be “unlawful” because it violates […]

brief excerpt from the weekly briefing by dr. eran lerman, director ajc israel/middle east office
september 18, 2007
……”In the minds of many Israelis, as we search our souls at this time of reckoning, another set of questions requires close attention, closer to each of our homes and deep in the heart of our collective endeavor. Are […]

excerpt from daniel gordis’ “dispatches from an anxious state”:

“Gentlemen, bow your heads.” Thirty-five years after I used to hear that phrase in Assembly each eighth-grade morning, I still remember the scene clearly. Several hundred of us Middle School and High School students, boys more than gentlemen, in our coats and ties, beginning our day at […]

A full-page AJC ad in today’s New York Times lists nearly 300 college and university presidents who have endorsed a powerful statement by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger denouncing the United Kingdom’s University and College Union’s decision to promote a boycott of Israeli educational institutions.
Bollinger’s statement is reproduced in the ad, published as a public […]

I have just returned from a remarkable experience: Brandeis in the Berkshires, an intensive study of modern Israel, co-sponsored by AJC.
Modern Israeli politics, society, and culture were addressed for the purpose of furthering knowledge and understanding of Israel as a Jewish state, as a liberal democracy, and as part of the larger narrative of modern […]

khaled abu toameh
from the jerusalem post
june 15, 2007
Why did the Gaza Strip fall so easily and quickly into the hands of Hamas? How come Fatah, which has more than 40,000 armed men there, was defeated despite the millions of dollars and the large amounts of weapons that it received over the past year and a […]

by yaakov katz
jerusalem post
june 11, 2007
Israel’s successful launch of the Ofek 7 on Monday should not be taken lightly. While Israel has proven numerous times that it has the ability to independently develop, manufacture and launch satellites into space, the timing of Monday’s launch was difficult to ignore.
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statement by president lee c. bollinger of columbia university on the boycott of israeli academics by british university & college union
june 11, 2007
“As a citizen, I am profoundly disturbed by the recent vote by Britain’s new University and College Union to advance a boycott against Israeli academic institutions. As a university professor and president, I […]