We commend the Trump Administration for its clear and forceful opposition to the French proposal, and urge President Macron to reconsider this decision ahead of the September session of the UN General ...

When Israel has a partner for peace, only direct bilateral negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will yield a lasting two-state outcome. Rather than stand firmly against the evils of Hamas, ...

NEW YORK - Responding to the announcement that the United States would withdraw from the United Nations Educational, ...

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder today expressed grave concern about the joint statement issued by 28 ...

In 1936, Rabbi Stephen S. Wise co-founded the World Jewish Congress (WJC), together with Nahum Goldmann and others. The World Jewish Congress, American Section, is the affiliate of the WJC in the ...

NEW YORK – In response to reports that Columbia University is nearing a deal with the federal government to restore nearly $400 million in frozen funding, J. Philip Rosen, Chair of the World Jewish ...

In a letter to UN Human Rights Council President Ambassador Jürg Lauber, WJC Executive Vice President Maram Stern criticized the “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory” for ...

Dr. Leon Saltiel, WJC’s Representative in Geneva and Director of Diplomacy, added: “ODIHR and the World Jewish Congress have a long-standing partnership rooted in a shared commitment to human rights ...

In a closely watched decision on Monday, the Foreign Ministers of the 27 European Union (EU) member states agreed to initiate consultations with Israel under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association ...

NEW YORK — Reacting to the statement by the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which not only labeled the State of Israel as “apartheid” but advanced a broader one-sided ...

Condemning the arson attack on a synagogue and the vandalization of an Israeli-owned restaurant in eastern Australia, WJC President Ronald S. Lauder called upon the Australian government to “restore ...