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• Op-Ed: By hosting BDS conference, college gave imprimatur to hate speech

  February 27, 2013 9:00pm

  There’s nothing wrong with hosting a conference challenging the legitimacy of the Jewish state. The problem is that Brooklyn College’s political science department gave the event its seal of approval, writes a leading official for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

• Op-Ed: U.S.-Israel search for Middle East peace goes beyond Ramat Shlomo

  March 23, 2010 7:33pm

  Building in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood won’t be an obstacle if the names Abbas and Fayyad can join a very short list that includes Sadat and King Hussen of Jordan, writes a Jewish Council of Public Affairs leader.

• Op-Ed: Action needed to combat campaign delegitimizing Israel

  March 2, 2010 3:15am

  Friends of Israel in the United States cannot afford to be complacent, a leading official for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs writes, as the campaign has made significant inroads in other parts of the world.

• Op-Ed: Act to stop a nuclear-armed Iran

  April 26, 2009 8:03pm

  Preventing a nuclear-armed Iran must become a priority of the highest order for the American Jewish community, writes a top official for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs.

• South Africa defends Haniyeh overture

  May 7, 2007 9:00am

  A South African official rebuffed Jewish criticism of Pretoria’s offer to host the Palestinian Authority prime minister from Hamas.

• Dollar-shekel rate plummets

  May 7, 2007 9:00am

  The dollar hit a seven-year low against the shekel.

• Tunisian Jews mark annual pilgrimage

  May 7, 2007 9:00am

  Some 5,000 Jews celebrated the annual Ghriba pilgrimage in Tunisia.

• Israel supporters march in N.Y.

  May 7, 2007 9:00am

  Thousands of Israel supporters marched in New York City.

• Israel vows Kassam response

  May 7, 2007 9:00am

  Israel said it would “respond severely” a day after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip injured two Israelis, one moderately, in the southern town of Sderot.

• JDC board comes to Israel

  May 7, 2007 9:00am

  More than 100 major American philanthropists are in Israel as part of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee’s first board of directors meeting there.