David Harris

American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO David Harris was honored on Tuesday by Greece with one of the country's most prestigious awards, the Order of the Phoenix, for his critical contribution to strengthening relations among Greece, Cyprus, Israel and the US.

 American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) have welcomed the introduction of the "Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership Act" by Senators Robert Menendez and Marco Rubio.

President Klaus Iohannis met on Saturday, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, with US Vice President Mike Pence. The Romanian President reiterated on the occasion Romania's consistent commitment to strengthening the Strategic Partnership with the US and the transatlantic relationship.

One of Romania's priorities during the presidency of the Council of the EU is to intensify European joint efforts to combat anti-Semitism, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Thursday, during a meeting she had, in Brussels, with the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris, informs a press release issued by the Government.

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila will pay a working visit to Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, occasion on which she will attend the plenary session of the the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and carry out bilateral meetings with President of the European Council Donald Tusk and First Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans.

"We couldn't be more pleased" with the bilateral cooperation between Greece and Israel, the executive director of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris, tells Kathimerini in an interview, expressing equal satisfaction with the addition of Cyprus to the energy alliance and adding that this could also include Egypt at a later date.

Foxnews invited Endy Zemenides, David Harris, and Nia Yancopoulos discuss the Israeli-Greek-Cypriot Alliance and how it can help U.S. interests and security on a worldwide scale.

What they say is very interesting…

Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov will take part in the American Jewish Committee Global Forum on June 7-9 in Washington.

At the invitation of AJC's executive director, David Harris, Mitov will address the participants in the forum on June 8 during the AJC Global Forum's World Leaders Plenary.

American Jewish Committee executive director David Harris has labelled as “damning” the video of former cabinet secretary Panayiotis Baltakos speaking to Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris.

“What Mr. Baltakos did is an affront to Prime Minister Samaras and to the vast majority of the Greek people,” said Harris, according to the AJC’s website.