Greens miss the mark with antisemitism policy
November 26, 2021 | Naomi Levin
In November, the Australian Greens released a policy on fighting antisemitism. It is, to AIJAC’s knowledge, the first standalone antisemitism policy from any Australian political party.
Iranian Kittens in Cyberspace
November 25, 2021 | Oved Lobel
In May 2020, Yigal Unna, head of Israel’s National Cyber Directorate, declared that “Cyber winter is coming and coming faster than even I suspected” after an Iranian cyberattack against water infrastructure in Israel; in July 2021, he announced “Cyber winter is here.”
The road back to Damascus
November 25, 2021 | Amotz Asa-El
A decade after Syria’s suspension from the Arab League, signs are mounting that Arab leaders are increasingly accepting Assad’s survival and re-legitimising his rule – a policy shift that is sending tremors across the region, from Ankara to Teheran.
The Harrowing of Mustafa Kadhimi
November 25, 2021 | Michael Knights
Iraq’s premier Mustafa al-Kadhimi certainly makes no pretensions to be anything more than a man trying his best, but he too is being harrowed as Iraq passes through its customary trial of elections, horse-trading, and government formation.
Deconstruction Zone: Sheikh Jarrah shows why Palestinians remain stateless
November 25, 2021 | Mitchell Bard
Many critics of Israel have joined Hamas and the Palestinian Authority in denouncing Israel because courts have determined that a group of Palestinian families is illegally living in homes owned by Jews in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem.
