A Fork in the Road for Lebanon
December 16, 2024 | Oved Lobel
The fall of Assad could eventually herald a truly independent future for Lebanon. It could also result in no substantial change to the status quo, with the venal and feckless leaders in Lebanon simply doing nothing, as has been their wont historically. Or it could return Lebanon to its darkest days.
UNIFIL, the LAF and the myth of Lebanese sovereignty
November 13, 2024 | Oved Lobel
The idea that UNIFIL will suddenly be able to assist the LAF in doing what it has always been inherently incapable of doing, and in the name of an illusory “Government of Lebanon”, recalls that famous definition of insanity. Any proposed diplomatic solution to the current war based on the fatally flawed formula of 1701 is doomed to fail.
A black day for the international community
December 18, 2024 | Justin Amler
This is a resolution of surrender to terrorism and tyranny, effectively rewarding Hamas by giving it everything it has been asking for since October 7, while sacrificing all Western ideals of justice, fairness and freedom. It is shameful that countries such as Britain, Canada, France and New Zealand could support such a resolution…
Australia is abandoning Israel
December 18, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
This vote was part of a clear pattern by the Australian Government of deliberately transforming our bipartisan history of warm relations with Israel combined with thoughtful support for a negotiated two-state resolution with the Palestinians. Our new policy appears to be something approaching open antagonism to the Jewish state, combined with a near obsession with demanding Palestinian statehood at all costs.
Maybe she won’t be right after all
December 16, 2024 | Justin Amler
Australia can no longer pretend we are immune to this storm of darkness that has swept across the world and now reached our shores too. And the Jews of Australia are crying out for moral strength and clarity from our country’s leaders…
With Assad gone, what’s next?
December 18, 2024 | Ehud Yaari
The “ring of fire” that Iran had planned to establish around Israel has been dismantled with the loss of the single most important link in the chain, Syria.
The toon boom since October 7
December 18, 2024 | Allon Lee, Aviva Winton
Political cartoons have the power to pack a punch. They can make you outraged but also force you to engage. Since Hamas’ October 7 massacre, political cartoonists have enjoyed a bumper year.
50 years of history with the AIR
December 18, 2024 | AIJAC staff
Over the past 50 years, the Australia/Israel Review has covered, in its own unique way, numerous dramatic and world-changing events in Australia, Israel and around the world – and broken some major stories with significant effects on Australian political life.
