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Strengthening ADL’s Advocacy Across the Americas |
ADL received accreditation from the Organization of American States (OAS) as a Civil Society Organization, enabling ADL to formally engage with member states and OAS internal bodies including the office of the Special Advisor on Antisemitism to the Secretary General, convene briefings and host events aligned with ADL's mission, and participate in OAS deliberations, meetings and hearings. This formal status strengthens ADL's positioning as a policy thought leader and enables the projection of ADL's priorities throughout the region to help protect and advocate for Jewish communities in the Americas and beyond.
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Europe Fails Its Jews Again |
In an op-ed,
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt and Naomi Mestrum, Director of ADL's Dutch partner organization CIDI, marked the one-year anniversary of the Amsterdam pogrom, where hundreds of Israeli soccer fans were hunted down in coordinated attacks planned on social media, criticizing Dutch leaders for failing to deliver justice with only a handful of attackers arrested and light sentences handed down. ADL called for zero tolerance for antisemitic violence, meaningful consequences for perpetrators, and IHRA definition training for law enforcement to ensure the Amsterdam pogrom does not become the new normal in Europe.
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Bodies of Slain Hostages Returned to Israel |
ADL mourned the return of the bodies of slain hostages held in Gaza, including Hadar Goldin, who was kidnapped and killed by Hamas during a ceasefire in 2014 and held for more than 11 years, American-Israelis
Omer Neutra and Itay Chen, Asaf Hamami and Oz Daniel, Tanzanian agricultural student
Joshua Mollel
, Argentine-born Lior Rudaeff, and Meny Godard, who were all murdered on October 7 and held captive for more than two years. ADL vowed to continue advocating until every hostage is home.
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Israel and the Middle East
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ADL Israel completed
the fifth and final session of the ADL Druze Leadership Program's second cohort, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Druze Religious Council. The cohort included 25 leaders from across the Druze community in Israel, focusing on advocacy foundations and strategies to influence public policy and support community-driven goals.
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ADL Israel met with the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem to discuss the situation of Armenian and other Christian communities in Israel.
As part of its outreach efforts to the Israeli Knesset, ADL Israel staff met with MKs from the coalition and opposition to discuss issues of mutual concern, including the rise in global antisemitism.
ADL condemned a terror attack in Gush Etzion, where Palestinian terrorists murdered one Israeli and wounded three others.
ADL unequivocally denounced Israeli Minister Ben Gvir's call for violence against senior Palestinian Authority officials, stating that Israel's security depends on responsible leadership committed to the rule of law—not dangerous incitement.
ADL demanded the immediate release of 70-year-old Jewish American Kamran Hekmati, sentenced by Iran to four years in prison for traveling to Israel 13 years ago for his son's bar mitzvah.
ADL welcomed the announcement that Kazakhstan will join the Abraham Accords, calling it an important achievement for regional partners and the US Administration working to deepen cooperation and counter extremism.
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ADL staff hosted a webinar panel on the tsunami of global antisemitism for Spanish-speaking audiences across Latin America. Among the issues discussed was ADL’s Global 100 survey, the ADL-WUJS survey on Jewish student experiences, and ADL's education and advocacy efforts in Latin America and beyond.
ADL led a coalition of Jewish organizations in successfully advocating for the re-appointment of Fernando Lottenberg as OAS Special Advisor on Antisemitism to the Secretary General, expressing commitment to continued partnership with Lottenberg and the OAS to protect Jewish communities in the Americas.
ADL's COAJ (Confronting Online Antisemitism in the Jewish Community) program—an educational platform bringing antisemitism education to non-Jewish audiences—launched its website and registration system, with Costa Rica's Jewish Museum presenting it to the Ministry of Education for adoption and Argentina completing its first classroom implementation at Buenos Aires National High School.
ADL's LATAM staff delivered 19 Words to Action trainings to over 400 Jewish teens across Latin America.
ADL condemned antisemitic graffiti targeting Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum found on the National Palace during recent protests in Mexico City.
ADL condemned the foiled plot by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to assassinate Israel's ambassador to Mexico, urging LATAM governments to be vigilant in protecting Jewish and Israeli targets from threats posed by the Iranian regime and its terror proxies.
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ADL hosted Special Envoys on Antisemitism and their staff from the European Union, OAS, Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, the Netherlands and Poland at ADL's Washington office to share ADL's findings on antisemitism and discuss best practices to fight hate, underscoring the importance of education, strong leadership and concrete action to reverse rising antisemitism trends.
ADL's International Affairs team facilitated a UN briefing on effective antisemitism and Holocaust messaging by ADL's Center for Antisemitism Research. The briefing was attended by UN Undersecretary for Global Communications and staff from multiple offices around the world, positioning ADL as a strategic research partner to shape how governments, educators, and NGOs talk about antisemitism and the Holocaust.
ADL hosted its second Global Facilitators session, bringing together facilitators from Latin America, Europe, and Israel to share experiences and discuss using the ADL-WUJS survey on Jewish student experiences as an educational tool in workshops.
ADL commended the UN Security Council's adoption of the US-backed resolution endorsing the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict and authorizing an International Stabilization Force.
ADL called out UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese after even her home country of Italy criticized her disregard for "common sense principles such as integrity, impartiality and good faith," urging the UN Human Rights Council to recognize that Albanese is not fit to hold any UN office. |
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