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Online antisemitic conspiracy theories apparently led to Channel Seven’s mistakes about Bondi attacker
It goes without saying that the Bondi mass murders – which occurred on the late afternoon of April 13 at Bondi Junction Westfield shopping centre – were beyond horrific. Six innocent people were murdered and 12 were injured, including a nine-month-old baby. As Saturday afternoon turned into evening, millions of Australians held their collective breath,…
Read MoreAIJAC letter in response to Marc Purcell’s piece in the Age and Sydney Morning Herald (April 18)
Marc Purcell’s piece claiming Israel is deliberately starving Gaza (Opinion, April 18) contains numerous highly contestable allegations.
Read MoreIsrael-Iran conflict: Its origins explained, and what could happen next
For now, fears of escalation appear to have been eased. However, lurking in the background is the ongoing progress of the regime in Tehran towards acquiring a nuclear weapon. The 13 April Iranian attack on Israel offered yet further proof that Israel cannot allow Iran to build such weapons. Jerusalem can be expected to act to prevent this outcome, one way or another.
Read MoreEditorial: A new coalition against Iran
Israel’s right to defend itself includes the right to respond at a time and in a manner of its choosing. While that response had not happened as of press time, it must be supported in principle.
Read MoreEmboldened Iran is still seeking nuclear capacity
Only by resuming pressure on Iran to stand down its nuclear weapons program, including restoring a credible threat that no measures will be off the table if Tehran does not comply, can the world prevent the world’s most dangerous regime from arming itself with the world’s most dangerous weapons.
Read MoreMove to recognise Palestine comes at the worst possible time
Bestowing recognition to a Palestinian state before the Palestinians agree to peace with Israel through negotiations would always violate the Oslo Accords and be inherently counterproductive. However, coming in the middle of a war initiated by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, the timing for even considering such a step couldn’t be worse.
Read More‘Flipping of the narrative’: Israel ‘depicted as victim’ after Iranian attack – Ran Porat on France 24 television
Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel late Saturday has helped flip the current narrative involving Israel, Affiliate Research Associate at the Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation Ran Porat told FRANCE 24.
Read MoreWhere is everybody when Israel isn’t involved?
Where are the protestors and politicians of principle? All of these situations require mass protests and much more attention in the media and in parliament. Instead, there is a general state of Israelomania paralysing and monopolising both government and media attention. There are lamentably few who are just as active against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or the barbarity in Sudan, Myanmar, Haiti and elsewhere, as they are against Israel. Whatever is driving this uniquely powerful passion and animosity, it certainly isn’t primarily humanitarian concern.
Read MoreAIJAC calls on Government to join coordinated international efforts against Iran in wake of attacks on Israel
The implications of this unprecedented multi-fronted attack on Israel from Iran and its proxies based in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, which involved hundreds of drones followed by waves of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and rockets, cannot be ignored.
Read MoreIran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?
his unprecedented multi-front attack on Israel constitutes a de facto declaration of war and marks the first direct assault against Israel from Iranian soil. However, despite the scale of the operation, it appears to be a tactical failure.
Read MoreContemplating ‘a return to Zion’ in the face of antisemitism
The Australian landscape has definitely shifted for its Jewish citizens, and it is unsurprising that a substantial number of Jews from “down under” have moved to Israel since the start of the war.
Read MoreAid Worker tragedy should not be misused
The needless death of innocents in war is always horrifying. Yet despite Israel immediately accepting responsibility and apologising abjectly, far too many people have tried to leverage this calamity to discredit Israel’s war against Hamas and force it to accept a ceasefire that would effectively leave Hamas in power in Gaza.
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