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After Abbas
Rumours abound about Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ ill health following repeated hospital stays. With Abbas in his 80s, the end of his leadership is fast approaching. Key questions are who will replace him and will there be an orderly succession or a violent upheaval?
Read MoreVideo: Dr Jonathan Spyer on the nexus between Syria, Iran, Russia and Israel
Dr Jonathan Spyer of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies discusses how the interests of Russia, Iran and Israel are influencing the situation in Syria as the civil war draws to an end.
Read MoreHamas rolls out new terror innovation: the “Molotov kite”
Hamas has a new tool in its terror arsenal: Flaming kites, which have caused millions of dollars of damage to Israeli farms and forests.
Read MoreRussia-Israel deal in Syria: Sign of growing tensions between the two backers of the Assad regime, Russia and Iran
Last week, it was announced that Russia and Israel have reached an agreement to keep Iranian forces away from Israel’s border with Syria. Israel has long seen an Iranian presence along its northern border with Syria as a significant threat – not least because it allows the potential for rocket fire into Israel from Syria of the sort that occurred on May 10, sparking a major clash.
Read MoreAIJAC writes to the ABC asking it to explain the lack of coverage of Gaza rocket attacks
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has written to ABC Managing Director Michelle Guthrie asking her to explain the ABC’s glaring lack of coverage of the biggest rocket and mortar attacks launched by Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Israel since the 2014 war.
Read MoreRanda Abdel-Fattah’s claims on ABC-TV’s “Q&A”: A fisking
On ABC TV’s “Q&A” on May 21, panellist Randa Abdel-Fattah, an Australian writer of Egyptian-Palestinian background, made a series of false or misleading allegations against Israel. While some of the other panelists disagreed with her on some of her points, particularly Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan, they were repeatedly cut off by program host Tony Jones. In any event, many of her allegations were left unchallenged and are in need of correction for the public record.
So here’s AIJAC’s “fisking” of Ms. Abdel-Fattah’s claims.
Read MoreAustralian aid to Palestinians – where does it go?
With the announcement this week that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has sought assurances from Palestinian leaders that Australian aid is being appropriately directed, it is a good time to look more comprehensively at Australia’s Palestinian aid program.
Read MoreAustralian expert sets the record straight on “proportionality” in conflict
Those who still misuse the legal concept of proportionality would do well to listen to James Larsen, chief legal officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and previously an Australian ambassador in Israel and subsequently in Turkey.
Read MoreBreaking The Silence: The AIJAC perspective
This post contains AIJAC’s responses to a series of question put to us by the Australian Jewish News with regard to the controversial Israeli group “Breaking the Silence”, whose Executive Director, Avner Gvaryahu, will be visiting Australia shortly.
Read MoreAIJAC applauds government’s principled vote against UNHRC resolution which predetermined Israel’s guilt
AIJAC applauds the principled stand the Australian Government took in opposing the one-sided anti-Israel resolution to set up an inquiry into the violence in Gaza at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) last week.
Read MoreGaza deaths a Hamas win, but underline Palestinian leadership failures
The loss of 60 Palestinian lives along the Israel-Gaza border on Monday was indeed tragic and heartbreaking.
Yet these deaths were not the result of anything resembling a peaceful protest, despite claims to the contrary…
Read MoreAIJAC calls opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem “a bold act of American leadership which corrects a gross historical injustice”
The move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem yesterday was a bold act of American leadership which corrected a gross historical injustice which left Israel as the only nation in the world effectively disallowed from choosing its own capital.
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