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The world continues to tell Israel what to do – is it fair?
The world has never been shy in telling Israel what to do — in ways it would never dare tell other countries. It demands impossible standards no nation has ever met.
Read MoreAustralia-US relationship at ‘record low’ following ‘concerning’ Palestine move: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie says the Albanese government’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state should “concern” all Australians. “The relationship between Australia and the United States is at a record low,” Mr Burnie told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio.
Read MorePraise from Hamas co-founder is bad. Palestinian Authority is also a flaw of recognition
While there are countless reasons to criticise the government’s decision to recognise Palestine, perhaps nothing better encapsulates its seriously flawed and futile approach than saying its position is predicated on PA commitments.
Read MoreTwenty years after Disengagement
Disengagement was a failure, but that doesn’t mean it was the wrong thing to do. Twenty years after Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, the move still creates disagreement.
Read MoreAustralia recognising Palestine more about ‘punishing Israel’ – Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie has addressed US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claiming Palestinian statehood encourages Hamas. “This is so little about the plight of the Palestinian people and so much more about anger, frustration and antagonism towards Israel,” Mr Burnie told Sky News Digital Presenter Gabriella Power.
Read MoreDangerous reward for terror, antisemitism
The UK and Canada are the latest Western governments to join the profoundly counterproductive trend to unilaterally recognise, or threaten to recognise, a Palestinian state are regrettably now joined by Australia.
Read MoreJewish community feels ‘disappointment’ with Anthony Albanese: Colin Rubenstein on Sky News
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Colin Rubenstein shared his disappointment with the Australian government after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s recognition of Palestine as a state.
Read MoreAIJAC deeply disappointed at misguided Palestinian statehood decision
AIJAC is deeply disappointed at the Government’ misguided and counter-productive decision, because it sets back the positive possibility of a peaceful, viable, negotiated Palestinian state being established alongside Israel.
Read MoreDon’t reward Hamas: Why it would be wrong to recognise Palestine now
The UK and Canada are the latest Western governments to join the profoundly counterproductive trend to unilaterally recognise, or threaten to recognise, a Palestinian state in response to the tragic situation in Gaza. Regrettably, Australia seems on the cusp of doing so too.
Read MoreAppeasement has a price – and the hostages are paying it
Hamas and its terrorist affiliates released these latest videos not just to document their horror, but to taunt grieving families and torture a nation still in trauma – a nation locked in a war that seems to stretch on endlessly. It’s a sickening calculation: the greater Israel’s pain, the higher their joy.
Read MoreGullible West’s Palestinian statehood threats are peak idiocy
It appears many Western leaders have now achieved peak idiocy regarding Israel – as they have shown by actions that will almost inevitably result in the exact opposite outcome to what they say they want, exhibiting amazing gullibility, and abandoning logic.
Read MoreHow the West was lost
This past week has demonstrated how the Western world, which often speaks about defending freedom, liberty and democracy, can be so easily duped by terrorists in pick-up trucks. We saw a statement by 28 countries, including Australia, that was so detached from reality that it blamed Israel for the terrible consequences of the current war in Gaza, rather than Hamas who started the war in the first place…
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