Fact Sheet: Myths and Facts about the growth of Israel’s West Bank settlements
September 16, 2022 | AIJAC staff
A frequently repeated talking point on the Middle East is that Israeli building in settlements in the West Bank is supposedly taking up more and more land and making Palestinian statehood unviable… This factsheet presents some basic evidence to allow the discussion of Israeli settlements to take place on a factual basis.
Fact sheet: “Operation Breaking Dawn”
August 9, 2022 | Judy Maynard
Israel launched Operation Breaking Dawn on Friday Aug. 5, 2022 in the Gaza Strip as a preemptive strike targeting the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
Fact Sheet: The IHRA working definition of antisemitism
August 19, 2021 | AIJAC staff
The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition of antisemitism is widely accepted by the Jewish community, both in Australia and globally, as a definitive definition of antisemitism and a tool to educate and combat antisemitism.
Fact Sheet: Hezbollah and Australia
July 2, 2021 | AIJAC staff
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shi’ite Muslim political party, militia, transnational terrorist and organised crime group. Australia only designates Hezbollah’s “External Security Organisation (ESO)” as a terrorist organisation, despite its closest allies agreeing that Hezbollah in its entirety poses a danger.
Factsheet: What’s behind the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza rockets
May 11, 2021 | Ahron Shapiro, Judy Maynard
Yesterday, Monday May 10, more than 160 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza, in a major escalation of the violence that has been centred on Jerusalem over recent weeks.
Far-Right Extremism
March 9, 2021 | AIJAC staff
Far-right extremism is a growing threat around the world, including in Australia. While far-right groups were once fringe, today they are able to amplify their messages via social media and have found new ways to recruit, organise and incite violence, representing a potential terrorist threat.
UN Human Rights Council divestment list
September 11, 2020 | AIJAC staff
In February 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) issued a list of businesses that the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights determined were providing services in settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
US invokes “Snapback” provision of the JCPOA nuclear deal
August 25, 2020 | AIJAC staff
The dispute revolves around the status of the US vis-à-vis the deal. Washington is claiming that, as a signatory to the JCPOA, it has the right to start the ‘snapback’ process. Other parties to the deal disagree, arguing that the US cannot action the ‘snapback’ mechanism since it is no longer a participating party to the agreement.
Arab-Israeli Peace Plans
August 13, 2020 | AIJAC staff
There have been numerous attempts to bring peace to the Middle East by developing peace agreements between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Racial discrimination laws in Australia
August 13, 2020 | AIJAC staff
Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act 1975 makes it unlawful to discriminate against someone on the basis of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin.
