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AIJAC welcomes Ansar Allah terrorism listing
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes today’s announcement of the listing of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code. This brings us in line with our US allies, which re-listed the organisation in January.
Read MoreWhy ICC’s ingrained bias ensures no fair ‘trials’ for Israel
The problem is not a failure to hold Israel to account, it is a more fundamental failure to treat Israel equally under law. Just as Jews were once excluded from polite society, and subjected to double standards, today Israel is treated as the Jew of the nations to be excluded from international society.
Read MoreAustralia’s failing campus report card
Jewish students on campus have felt so aggrieved and threatened by the level of aggression and attacks at these camps, that many have simply stayed away from university. Moreover, many institutions are effectively encouraging students and Jewish staff to stay away “for their own safety,” as one teacher was told in an email.
Read MoreAIJAC strongly condemns International Criminal Court arrest warrant requests for Israeli leaders
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has strongly condemned the decision by International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan to request arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Read MoreThe UN’s slippery slope is now a chasm
When the United Nations General Assembly passed yet another “Palestine” resolution on May 10 this year, it demonstrated that the immoral slippery slope that the UN had been on for so many years is no longer a slope, but a cliff over which all common sense, logic, decency and morality have fallen
Read More“There is a distinct lack of leadership not just here in Australia but in other jurisdictions [too]”: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC’s Executive Manager Joel Burnie addresses the pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Victorian ALP State Conference with Kieran Gilbert on Sky News
Read MoreHolding on to hope in the eye of a hurricane
At the end of her song, Golan sings a few Hebrew sentences that make my heart sing: “You don’t need big words, just prayers. Even if it’s hard to see, you will always be for me a small singular ray of light”. In dark and dangerous times we need to reach out and grasp every bit of light we can find, and spread it wide and far.
Read MoreAntisemitic campus extremists don’t understand meaning of free speech
While individuals have the right to express and share their views with the world, this does not grant a license to promote hate, violence, or reject others simply because they hold different opinions. Accountability accompanies our words. Freedom of speech does not equate to permission for harassment, threats, property damage, or undermining the rights of others.
Read MorePalestine vote the worst of all worlds for Australia
It’s completely misguided as a way to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace… and can only undermine our long-standing bipartisan national commitment to a negotiated two-state peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
Read MoreUni leaders must stand up for Jewish students
It breaks my heart to contemplate the disconnect between my experience of university life and that of Jewish students in Australia and the United States today.
Read MoreAIJAC condemns Australia’s UN vote on ‘Palestine’ as “profoundly disappointing”
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today condemned Australia’s vote to upgrade the status of the “State of Palestine” at the UN General Assembly yesterday as “profoundly disappointing” and “totally contrary to our long-standing bipartisan national commitment to a negotiated two-state peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”
Read MoreHamas’ so-called ceasefire “acceptance” is just spin to pressure Israel
Australian news headlines this morning (May 7) were remarkably consistent. Firstly, they said, Hamas had agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza, and secondly, that Israel had not accepted it and was instead moving ahead with an attack on the southern Gazan city of Rafah, which borders Egypt. The assumptions underlying these stories are misleading…
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