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ADL Meets Dozens of Visiting World Leaders
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As part of the United Nations General Assembly gathering in NY, ADL staff and volunteer leaders met with dozens of visiting dignitaries, including heads of state, heads of governments and foreign ministers from around the world.
Countries ADL met with included: Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Germany, Guatemala,
Poland,
Romania, Turkey, Sweden and some Gulf countries. Among the issues discussed were the rise in global antisemitism and extremism, anti-Israel bias in the UN, hate online, threats posed by Russian’s ongoing aggression, and Iran’s malign behavior.
CEO Jonathan Greenblatt also joined a Jewish communal meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, where he raised issues of raising global antisemitism, online hate and ADL’s work with the UAE’s Manara Center.
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ADL Hosts High-Level Event on Russia’s Support for Far-Right Extremism | |
On the sidelines of the UNGA, ADL hosted an event with the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT), examining Russia's influence on far-right extremism in Europe and the extremist landscape across the US. The event included expert analysis from ICCT, ADL and others |
Israel and the Middle East
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ADL said it was encouraged by recent statements regarding efforts to build normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel, and expressed an agreement could serve to mitigate the protracted Israeli-Arab conflict and curb the malign influence of the Iranian regime.
On the 30th anniversary of the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Accords, Ken Jacobson, Deputy National Director, reflects on how Oslo, with all its shortcomings, enabled the Abraham Accords to happen years later.
Read Ken’s Op-ed Here >>>
Palestinian President Abbas was condemned for comments promoting an antisemitic conspiracy theory and diminishing the Holocaust.
ADL condemned Knesset Member Limor Son Har-Melech’s comments praising the Jewish-Israeli convicted of murdering the Palestinian Dawabsheh family.
ADL condemned antisemitic comments by Tunisian President Saied who publicly linked the deadly Libyan flood to “Zionists.” |
ADL commended Parisian Mayor Anne Hidalgo for stripping Palestinian Abbas of his 2015 Grand Vermeil medal, following Abbas’s antisemitic remarks.
ADL delivered Words to Action trainings in Bosnia & Herzegovina at the BBYO Balkans Convention, and in Nuremberg, Germany for Jewish youth club leaders. |
Marina Rosenberg, SVP for International Affairs, and Liat Altman, Director of Latin American Affairs, held a series of meetings with several Latin American Jewish communities, including Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela to explore collaboration opportunities.
ADL op-eds and reports were translated into Spanish and widely disseminated, including: |
| ADL joined Canadian partners in calling for an explaination from the Canadian parliament following a standing ovation given to a Ukrainian veteran of the Nazi's 14th Waffen SS Division. |
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