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Australia shouldn’t continue to back scheme allowing a terrorist state to develop a nuclear arsenal
PRIME MINISTER Scott Morrison’s decision to review whether Australia should continue to support the Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), should be welcomed.
Read MoreYossi Kuperwasser on Jerusalem and the peace process
AIJAC guest Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser of the Jerusalem Centre for Public Affairs discusses embassy moves to Jerusalem and Israeli-Palestinian relations.
Read MoreScare Trade
Fast forward ten months to today, and we can now fairly evaluate the PLO’s cardamom boycott in two words: Epic fail. Guatemala’s cardamom continues to be in high demand globally.
Read MoreProf. Boaz Ganor on lone-wolf terrorism
Prof. Boaz Ganor of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism in Israel discusses lone-wolf terrorism
Read MoreJeremy Jones on the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre
AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones spoke with Sky News Australia about the massacre of worshippers at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and the ongoing threat of violent antisemitism.
Read MoreStatement on the Horrific Attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh
AIJAC expresses outrage at the murderous assault on The Tree of Life Synagogue, which targeted Jewish people who were involved in prayer and worship on the Sabbath. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families and the community which was targeted.
Read MoreTill they’re Green in the face
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Australia would consider recognising west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state has left Greens senators seething.
Read MoreAIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler: Account of June 2010 Rudd meeting in Fairfax papers “completely false”
AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler has stated he was “surprised and shocked” at the account in the story by Latika Bourke on the Fairfax newspaper website about former PM Kevin Rudd’s forthcoming memoirs (“Israel forged Australian passports before, Kevin Rudd reveals in new book”, Oct. 19) of a meeting that was held in Canberra on June 3, 2010 and his role in it.
Read MoreJerusalem move is right for Australia
Meanwhile, most Arab states are more likely to welcome PM Morrison’s review of our outdated support for the flawed Iran nuclear deal and efforts to confront Iranian aggression more broadly than be angry about a possible Jerusalem embassy move.
Read MoreEmbassy move in Israel would just recognise reality
Recognising the reality that Israel has had its capital in west Jerusalem since 1950, as the US, Russia, and several other countries have done, in no way precludes a future Palestinian capital in the city’s eastern half.
Read MoreWhy Scott Morrison is right to consider moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem
The prime minister’s announcement that Australia will consider moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and also review our stance on the Iran nuclear deal is prudent, wise and in our national interest.
Read MoreAIJAC praises government’s new foreign policy announcements as “courageous, measured and principled”
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the new foreign policy announcements made today by Prime Minister Scott Morrison regarding Jerusalem, UN voting, policy toward Iran and upgrading defence ties with Israel
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