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The violent Gaza deadlock revisited/ Israel’s controversial “Nationality Bill”
Last weekend saw yet another round of fighting around Gaza, with 200 rockets and mortars fired into Israel – and 4 Israeli injuries after one struck a house – and Israel hitting Hamas targets in Gaza
Read MoreRussia, Israel and the Trump-Putin Summit
The meeting in Helsinki between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been surrounded by controversy… However, the two leaders were also apparently able to discuss some mutual interests, including a common concern for the security of Israel
Read MoreNew revelations from Iran’s nuclear archive: Iran was closer to a bomb than suspected, Rouhani was personally involved
Over the past few days, the New York Times, Washington Post and other major international news outlets have published additional significant information that Israel has publicly revealed drawn from the vast trove of Iranian nuclear documents
Read MorePalestinians’ desperate, undiplomatic response to Bishop
The official Palestinian response to the Australian Government’s decision to redirect $10 million in foreign aid to the Palestinians has been undiplomatic, to say the least.
Read MoreWill international pressure end “pay for slay?”
A new trend of legislation against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) “Pay for Slay” – the PA Government’s “martyr funding” program – is under way.
Read MoreTime to rein in state with deadly intent
With widespread, daily protests in the streets, and shouts of “death to the dictator” heard in Tehran, the Iranian regime is under pressure like seldom before.
Read MoreIsaac Herzog on the peace prospects, Iran, recognition of Palestinian state
Israeli Opposition leader Isaac Herzog spoke to AIJAC about prospects for peace, containing a nuclear Iran and counter-productive proposals to recognise a Palestinian state.
Read MoreIranians declare ‘Palestine and Syria are making us miserable!’
Recent anger in Iran is mostly fuelled by the Government’s years-long failure to salvage the crippled economy.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s announcement regarding aid to the Palestinians
AIJAC welcomes Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s decision, announced Monday, to discontinue Australia’s funding to the World Bank’s Multi-Donor Trust Fund for the Palestinian Recovery and Development Program, and redirect the funds to the United Nations’ Humanitarian Fund for the Palestinian Territories.
Read MoreEssay: The War of Return
I grew up believing that the Arabs beyond the Green Line – the Palestinians – were like the Israelis, and similarly wanted no more or less than did Zionism: the right to run their own lives and be masters of their own fate in part of the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
Read MoreA Changing UN General Assembly?: UN condemns use of human shields
On June 26, the UN General Assembly, in a first, amended its Global Counter Terrorism Strategy to condemn the use of civilians as human shields by terrorist organizations. The Strategy was originally adopted by the UN in 2006, and is reviewed every two years. Despite the UN’s usual sympathy towards the Palestinian cause, the new resolution is…
Read MoreGrowing Unrest in Iran
This Update deals with the growing unrest on the streets of Iran in recent weeks, principally over economic matters, and the potential implications of this unrest for international policies to contain Iran’s regional aggression, support for terrorism, and efforts to construct weapons of mass destruction
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