Fact Sheet: Why did Israel attack Iran?
June 26, 2025 | AIJAC staff
In short, Israel acted when it did for two main reasons: A determination that Iran was close to the ‘point of no return’ in its quest for nuclear weapons capability; and concern about Iran’s ballistic missile program eventually reaching a point where it could overwhelm Israeli defences and create mass casualties – even without nuclear weapons
Fast Facts: Australian newspaper ad part of Amnesty International’s ongoing anti-Israel crusade
June 5, 2025 | AIJAC staff
On May 31, Amnesty International ran a full-page ad in multiple Australian newspapers, including the Sydney Morning Herald, Age, Courier-Mail, West Australian, Canberra Times and Advertiser, demanding that the Australian Government “Not risk being complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza”, among other demands.
Fast Facts: New Gaza aid distribution system begins
June 1, 2025 | AIJAC staff
‘Fast Facts’ are snapshots of rapidly evolving situations. This specific page will not be updated, but we are monitoring developments…
Fast Facts: Aid back into Gaza – what we know
May 21, 2025 | AIJAC staff
The current resumption of aid delivered via UN agencies and NGOs is expected to continue until a new method of distributing aid is rolled out in the coming weeks. Israel prevented virtually all aid entering Gaza from 2 March until May 19. Its rationale for doing so was that there was enough aid stockpiled in Gaza to last for several months, and that Hamas had been stealing large proportions of aid that was entering Gaza.
Fact Sheet: Aid into Gaza
May 12, 2025 | AIJAC staff
Hamas has stolen much of the aid that has gone into Gaza during the war, both for its own purposes, and to profit from on-selling the aid. Because of this, and because Gaza received and stockpiled substantial deliveries of aid during the January to February 2025 ceasefire, Israel has prevented aid entering Gaza since March 2. Israel has recently revealed (and is now implementing) a plan to provide aid to civilians directly, in a way that is designed to prevent Hamas from stealing the aid.
Fact Sheet: Recently released hostages reveal stories of horrific mistreatment
March 4, 2025 | Alana Schetzer
Many details of what the hostages went through are yet to be revealed; families have reported that their loved ones are not ready to talk, some are mentally unresponsive, plus there remain concerns for the safety of the remaining hostages who are still alive in Gaza if certain details are disclosed publicly.
Fast Facts: The ceasefire for hostages deal just reached between Israel and Hamas
January 16, 2025 | AIJAC staff
On January 15 2025, many hours after Israeli approval, the terror group Hamas finally agreed to a brokered deal, which would see Hamas gradually release 33 of the 98 Israeli hostages remaining in captivity in Gaza from among those taken during Hamas’ pillaging of southern Israel on October 7 2023, in return for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian security prisoners in Israeli jails and a six-week Israeli ceasefire and withdrawal from large portions of the Gaza Strip.
Fast Facts: What’s happened in Syria and how will it affect the region?
December 9, 2024 | AIJAC staff
Establishing control over the entirety of Syria will be very difficult for the country’s new rulers. Over and above the numerous jihadi groups, many ethnic and religious minorities armed themselves during the civil war to protect their villages and local autonomy (during the height of the Syrian civil war, there were over 1,500 armed groups in Syria).
Fast Facts: Recent Israeli legislation on UNRWA
October 31, 2024 | AIJAC staff
Commentary about the new Israeli legislation ‘banning UNRWA’ has mischaracterised the scope of the laws, the idea that UNRWA is irreplaceable, and the Israeli concerns about UNRWA. This factsheet provides some corrective information.
