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Deplorable vote undermines our national interests
The Australian Government’s deplorable decision to abstain, and not oppose, last week’s UN General Assembly resolution demanding Israel completely pull out of the West Bank and Gaza within one year, completely undermines Australia’s long-standing bipartisan policy of supporting a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace.
Read MoreEditorial: After a year of war
It is one year since Hamas’ bloodthirsty invasion of southern Israel, which killed almost 1,200 Israelis and saw more than 200 hostages abducted to Gaza. Yet the international community appears further than ever from understanding what this war is all about.
Read MoreLetter: All Israeli citizens have equal democratic rights
Louise Adler writes much about her education (“Things I’ve learnt you can’t ask about Israel”, September 21). It’s unfortunate that education didn’t extend to the real reasons for the lack of Israeli/Palestinian peace…
Read MoreStatement to Senate Committee hearing on Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill
There have been countless incidents of harassment, intimidation, and exclusion, with reports of individuals being aggressively screamed at, filmed without consent, followed, and physically barred from accessing parts of campuses by hostile protestors and encampments. Some Jewish staff have required security protection simply to carry out their professional duties.
Read MoreAIJAC extremely disappointed in Australia’s abstention on UN resolution
AIJAC is extremely disappointed by Australia’s abstention on yesterday’s UN General Assembly resolution demanding Israel completely pull out of the West Bank and Gaza within one year, noting the Australian Government should have voted “no” if it is genuinely committed to… supporting a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace.
Read MoreUN draft resolution would ‘represent a reward’ for Hamas: Colin Rubenstein on Sky News
AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein told Sky News’ Sharri Markson that the UN draft resolution would “represent a reward” for Hamas. US President Joe Biden’s Administration is urging Australia to say no to a draft UN resolution by the Palestinian Authority. The draft demands an unconditional withdrawal from Gaza and the West Bank.
Read MoreThe world condemns Israel because it wants to ignore the evil of Hamas, Hezbollah and other terror groups
Somehow, 11 months later, much of the world seems incapable of telling the difference between a terror group that slaughters children and a sovereign state that tries to save them — a terror group whose own charter calls for the destruction of the Jewish State.
Read MoreWikipedia has an antisemitism problem
Wikipedia has decided that the allegation of genocide in Gaza is now a fact, once again igniting controversy as content is manipulated to target Israel
Read MoreAIJAC calls on Government to follow allies and sanction Iran over missile exports to Russia
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today called on the Federal Government to emulate its US and European allies and partners in announcing sanctions on individuals and entities related to Iran’s recent provision of ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes Federal Government announcement of National Student Ombudsman
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed the announcement by Federal Education Minister Jason Clare that he would be introducing legislation to Parliament to establish a National Student Ombudsman who could take complaints about antisemitism at universities, among other matters.
Read MoreLiving with a bomb bag: A mother’s perspective on Jewish life after 7 October and the death of six young Israelis
So my daughter’s birthday wasn’t a night of drinks and revelry. Rather she, along with millions of Israelis, spent that weekend anxiously awaiting Iran’s promised “reprisal” attack, and I spent it some 13,000 kilometres away, in a sleepless daze, glued to the “red alert” app which tracks rocket attacks
Read MoreEylon Levy, former Israeli Government spokesperson, in conversation with AIJAC’s Rebecca Davis
Former Israeli Government Spokesperson Eylon Levy in conversation with AIJAC’s Rebecca Davis
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