The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/howard-kohr/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:01:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Howard Kohr | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/howard-kohr/ 32 32 AIPAC names Elliot Brandt as next CEO amid uncertain future for US-Israel relations https://www.timesofisrael.com/aipac-names-elliot-brandt-as-next-ceo-amid-uncertain-future-for-us-israel-relations/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 08:43:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3305536 Lobbying group's former No. 2 takes helm as Israel-Hamas war approaches ninth month and AIPAC draws bipartisan ire from anti-Israel fringes

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]]> How Howard Kohr made AIPAC a pro-Israel powerhouse while keeping a low profile https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-howard-kohr-made-aipac-a-pro-israel-powerhouse-while-keeping-a-low-profile/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:29:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3261556 Under Kohr, who is retiring as CEO by year's end, fundraising ballooned; though his organization faced accusations of leaning right, he refused to rescind backing for two states

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]]> Howard Kohr, AIPAC’s director of 27 years, announces his retirement https://www.timesofisrael.com/howard-kohr-aipacs-director-of-27-years-announces-his-retirement/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:09:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3254903 Head of powerful lobby group intended to reveal plans last year, but delayed move in the wake of October 7 attack and ongoing war in Gaza

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]]> AIPAC conference opens with appeals for bipartisanship, broadsides at Sanders https://www.timesofisrael.com/aipac-conference-opens-with-appeals-for-bipartisanship-broadsides-at-sanders/ Sun, 01 Mar 2020 21:08:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2250479 Former president of lobby group Amy Friedkin calls to avoid 'nasty attacks,' as CEO Kohr appears to accuse presidential candidate of not being a 'friend' of Israel

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]]> Head of AIPAC accuses lobby’s critics of ‘defamation’ as confab kicks off https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-aipac-accuses-lobbys-critics-of-defamation-as-confab-kicks-off/ Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:06:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2042780 Following the Ilhan Omar firestorm, CEO Howard Kohr says those attacking pro-Israel advocacy 'want the Jewish state vulnerable, and alone'

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]]> AIPAC rekindles old debate: Does Israel seek a two-state solution? https://www.timesofisrael.com/aipac-rekindles-old-debate-is-israel-in-favor-of-a-two-state-solution-or-not/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:03:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1804326 After lobby group's CEO calls for Palestinian statehood, Israeli hawks accuse him of misrepresenting the government's formal position on the matter. The only problem: there is none

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]]> On eve of Netanyahu-Trump talks, AIPAC chief calls for Palestinian statehood https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-eve-of-netanyahu-trump-talks-aipac-chief-calls-for-palestinian-statehood/ Mon, 05 Mar 2018 03:37:02 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1803369 What's needed, Howard Kohr declares, is 'two states for two peoples: One Jewish with secure and defensible borders, and one Palestinian with its own flag and its own future'

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]]> AIPAC chief urges bipartisanship, two-state solution https://www.timesofisrael.com/aipac-chief-urges-bipartisanship-two-state-solution/ Mon, 21 Mar 2016 03:40:44 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1361651 At pro-Israel confab's opening session, Howard Kohr says the lobby will ask Congress to encourage 'direct talks' between Israelis and Palestinians

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