Conference of Presidents
New CEO William Daroff says the role of the organization is to ensure “that support for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship continues to stand above that partisan bickering.”
While the new U.S. Mideast proposal “is better than previous plans of previous administrations—anything we have seen over the last decades—a Palestinian state just a few miles from Israeli population centers is not part of my vision,” said Likud Knesset member Gideon Sa’ar.
Much of the diplomacy takes place over time and under the radar, says Malcolm Hoenlein, longtime executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, “by building meaningful relationships across the board.”
Speaking to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, the prime minister explained mechanics of the newly released “Peace to Prosperity” proposal, as well as changing relations between Israel and Muslim nations.
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations releases a statement condemning Democratic candidates’ calls to condition U.S. military aid on Israeli policy.
Conference of Presidents taps William Daroff as new CEO
Currently senior vice president for public policy and director of the Washington office of the Jewish Federations, William Daroff steps into the lead executive role held for 33 years by Malcolm Hoenlein.
The end result? Jews need to “get angry” and get active. Attending conferences, acknowledge Jewish leaders themselves, does not address the scourge that’s growing around the world.
Ari Fleischer, who served as White House press secretary under U.S. President George W. Bush, tweeted: “The fact that a guest at this meeting took an audio and provided it to the media is disgusting. The guests were fortunate to be invited to a meeting like this. To record it and release it is a betrayal of trust.”
“It may be rejected. Could be in the end, folks will say, ‘It’s not particularly original; it doesn’t particularly work for me.’ That is, ‘It’s got two good things and nine bad things; I’m out,’ ” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during a private meeting with Jewish leaders.
Pompeo to meet with Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
The report did not specify the topics to be discussed, though the development comes amid increased tensions between America and Iran, and ahead of a Mideast peace plan workshop set for Bahrain.
Delegates from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations were on the first tour to witness the barrier that Israel has been constructing along the Gaza border.
“I will work to eradicate the attempted distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism. There is no distinction,” said United States’ new envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
