The Road to Bondi | Deepfake: Arsen Ostrovsky on ABC Radio
March 30, 2026 |
How did a wounded Bondi survivor become the face of a global deepfake conspiracy in less than 24 hours? Arsen Ostrovsky was celebrating Chanukah at Bondi Beach when the first shots rang out. A bullet grazed his head, and as he lay bleeding on the ground, his first thought was his wife and children. Not knowing whether the danger had passed, he took selfies to show them he was alive. Within hours, one of the images was circulating across social media.
Iran’s long war of aggression made US-Israeli strikes inevitable
March 27, 2026 | Colin Rubenstein
The current operations should not be viewed as beginning a new war but as another phase in a long-running one. To pretend the conflict somehow begins only when Israel or the US respond directly to Iran’s aggression turns the spirit of the laws of armed conflict on its head.
March 31 will be the key deadline in Bibi’s delicate political balancing act
February 13, 2026 | Ilan Evyatar
To see out the remainder of this Knesset’s term, Binyamin Netanyahu will have to navigate a budget vote, tensions over Haredi military conscription and a volatile regional environment dominated by Iran and the still unresolved Gaza situation
New UN reports confirm Gaza has ample food, was never in a famine
February 9, 2026 | Alana Schetzer
On January 5, the United Nations put out a media release acknowledging that “100 per cent of basic food needs” in Gaza were being met, though this was not reported widely. Indeed, there are still frequent media claims that not enough aid is entering Gaza, despite this UN acknowledgement.
The Gaza gap
March 18, 2026 | Bren Carlill
Instead, what emerges from the data is a political culture in which law is conditional, legitimacy flows from ‘resistance against Israel’ rather than administrative prowess, and political identity is embedded in religious meaning.
The Interview: From Iran to Gaza
March 18, 2026 | AIJAC staff
Yaakov Katz is one Israel’s foremost strategic affairs journalists and author of four books, including, most recently, the bestseller “While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East”… He is currently a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI). He spoke with AIJAC’s Joel Burnie in early March, just as the current escalation with Iran was erupting.
Editorial: A transformational opportunity
March 18, 2026 | Colin Rubenstein
The current operations should not be viewed as the beginning of a new war but as another phase in a long-running one. To pretend that the current conflict somehow begins only when Israel or the United States respond directly to Iran’s overt and covert aggression turns the spirit of the laws of armed conflict on their head.
