The Big Lie: “Genocide” in Gaza
November 23, 2023 | Oved Lobel
The fundamentally unserious, grotesque and yet pervasive claim by Palestinians and their supporters that Israel is committing “genocide” or “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza should not really be dignified with a direct response. Yet it is once again necessary to emphasise that these words have specific meanings that have very little relation to how they are currently being used.
Fact sheet: Gaza’s hospitals and ambulances – and Hamas’ exploitation of them
November 14, 2023 | AIJAC
Below is a current update on the reality of the situation with respect to the hospitals of Gaza – including the well-documented evidence and history of Hamas’ use of hospitals and ambulances for terrorist purposes. These practices remove their protected status under International Humanitarian Law, allowing the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to strike these targets, though of course while continuing to seek to minimise harm to civilians within the laws of “proportionality” and while adhering to other relevant rules.
Hamas is using hospitals to commit “acts harmful to the enemy”
November 26, 2023 | Oved Lobel
When Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Israel must stop “attacking” hospitals, she is wrong as a factual, legal and moral matter. Israel is attacking Hamas, and Hamas, like the PLO before it, is using hospitals to commit acts harmful to the enemy. This forces Israel to act against these Hamas terrorists, even as it does everything required of it by international law, and more, to protect and aid civilians in the vicinity.
Hostage release and humanitarian pause – Ran Porat on ABC News Radio
November 24, 2023 |
On ABC “News Radio” (Nov. 23), AIJAC’s Dr Ran Porat discusses the logistics and the significance of the Israel-Hamas agreement for the release of at least 50 Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and a four day pause in the fighting.
Under pressure, Netanyahu agrees to a ceasefire and hostage deal with Hamas. Are his days now numbered?
November 23, 2023 | Ran Porat
As long as the war continues, Netanyahu’s position appears safe. Initially, his followers claimed it is no time to deal with petty politics when the war is being fought. Yet, soon afterwards, it became clear the prime minister was refusing to take personal responsibility for what occurred on October 7
The Last Word: Why they tear down hostage posters
November 24, 2023 | Avi Mayer
Like Holocaust denial, the minimisation, erasure, and denial of Hamas’ atrocities target both the dead and the living, seeking to perpetuate their pain with breathtaking cruelty.
Surveying the hate at one pro-Palestinian rally
November 24, 2023 | Ran Porat
The rally, intended to express solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza, effectively transformed into a two-hour-long display of extremism and animosity toward Israel and Jews. Fuelled by the incitement of the imams on the podium, the crowd chanted slogans against Jews and the West, endorsed martyrdom and called for Islam’s global dominance.
