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Mahathir’s rantings can’t poison Paralympics
Call off the search. For its display of rare global moral leadership, Time Magazine’s 2019 “Person of the Year” award should unquestionably go to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Read MoreIsrael election campaign update
In an update to our January 11 blog kicking off Israel’s election season ahead of polling day on April 9, AIJAC tracks recent developments in the various campaigns. Likud holds its party primary Of principal interest are the preliminary results of the February 5 primary for the Knesset list of the ruling Likud party, which…
Read MoreEquality still a mirage for too many women
There were a few double-takes recently when United Arab Emirates Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum took to social media to congratulate the winners of his country’s gender equality award. Why? All the winners were men.
Read MoreEuropa Europa: Hatred in the air
The gilets jaunes are, apparently, leaderless and their grievances largely inchoate, apart from their obsession with antisemitic sloganeering. The movement was sparked by an increase in fuel tax, but nothing seems capable of assuaging their anger
Read MoreChaos Left and Right, as legal questions loom
Considering that Netanyahu is presiding over all this while 69 and healthy, with no obvious challenger on the Israeli political scene, one might have expected his grip on power to be unshakeable. It isn’t.
Read MoreThe Ayatollah’s followers down-under
A number of Shi’ite clerics in Australia, graduates of the Iranian regime’s leading religious institutions, are zealously spreading the extreme theological ideas of Iranian regime founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his pupils.
Read MoreAustralian women’s march rallies set an example for the US
The focus of the Australian Women’s March rallies is something which could inspire the US Women’s March, Inc. which has been embroiled by controversy and infighting.
Read MoreAIJAC commends International Paralympic Committee for principled decision on Malaysia
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to be commended for its principled, moral decision to prevent Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s Malaysia from hijacking the Paralympic world swimming championships in defiance of the ideals of the international Paralympic movement.
Read MoreEditorial: The new rules in Syria
The rules of engagement have changed in Syria following US President Donald Trump’s announcement that US forces will be withdrawn…
Read MoreAn ugly reality for Mideast women
Women in the Middle East are among the most subjugated in the world, with one country – Israel – an obvious outlier.
Read MoreThe ABC’s unhealthy coverage of Gaza’s antibiotic resistance problem
An ability to differentiate genuine news from propaganda is a basic skill required of journalists – whether you work for a high school newspaper or a 90-year-old, $1 billion-a-year publicly funded national broadcaster like the ABC. A salutary illustration of what happens when this basic journalistic obligation is ignored took the form of an ABC…
Read MoreWill Malaysian PM Mahathir get away with victimising Israeli Paralympic swimmers?
As expected, Malaysia’s recycled Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has resumed his Israel-hating ways, this time taking out his bigotry on, of all people, paralympic swimmers.
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