Ronald lauder

"With COVID-19, another virus has spread — antisemitism and hatred of many kinds. Age-old blood libels have been given new life."

António Guterres noted that “a steady stream of prejudice has continued to blight our world: antisemitic assaults, harassment and vandalism and Holocaust denial."

The Palestinians have cut off diplomatic ties with the Trump administration, which they have long accused of pro-Israel bias, and spurned the Gulf states' diplomatic moves toward Israel.

WJC president Ronald S. Lauder marks the fifth anniversary of the Lauder Center for the Advancement of Employment in the Negev

Antisemitism has never really vanished, said Lauder, 75 years after the end of World War II, and “no one can be indifferent to antisemitism today.”

Peres was a man of peace who never lost hope that Israel would one day live in harmony with its Arab neighbors.

“The WJC enthusiastically welcomes the normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, a tremendous step forward for these states, the region, and the peace process."

“The old broadside attacks against Israelis by almost all Arab countries have quietly dissipated and the evidence is as clear as the nightly television entertainment shows that people are watching.”

Lauder wrote, “Both the State of Israel and our Jewish communities are demonstrating exceptional fortitude and cohesion in the face of the pandemic. Our difficult hour is also our finest."

“Never before has the challenge of Jewish solidarity been greater. More than ever, it is clear just how dependent we are on one another."