American Jewish Committee urges permanent end to US arms embargo on Cyprus

A leading American Jewish organisation has called for the United States to permanently lift its arms embargo on Cyprus, arguing that the island’s security is now central to stability in the Levant.

In a joint article published in Kathimerini, the chief executive of the American Jewish Committee, Ted Deutch, and the executive director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, Endy Zemenides, said Washington should move to definitively remove the restrictions.

They argued...