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Appeasement has a price – and the hostages are paying it
Hamas and its terrorist affiliates released these latest videos not just to document their horror, but to taunt grieving families and torture a nation still in trauma – a nation locked in a war that seems to stretch on endlessly. It’s a sickening calculation: the greater Israel’s pain, the higher their joy.
Read MoreGullible West’s Palestinian statehood threats are peak idiocy
It appears many Western leaders have now achieved peak idiocy regarding Israel – as they have shown by actions that will almost inevitably result in the exact opposite outcome to what they say they want, exhibiting amazing gullibility, and abandoning logic.
Read MoreHow the West was lost
This past week has demonstrated how the Western world, which often speaks about defending freedom, liberty and democracy, can be so easily duped by terrorists in pick-up trucks. We saw a statement by 28 countries, including Australia, that was so detached from reality that it blamed Israel for the terrible consequences of the current war in Gaza, rather than Hamas who started the war in the first place…
Read MoreAmong Israelis, the view of the situation in Gaza is complex — rooted in a trust deficit
The international media has a responsibility to show what is happening in this war-ravaged area and to present the plight of the Palestinian people. However, the same media is often remiss when it comes to reporting on the situation in Israel. It fails to adequately convey the Israeli psyche: how Israelis perceive the war, its objectives and the people on the other side.
Read MoreFast Facts: Israel’s response to Gaza’s humanitarian situation
The Israeli Government has announced several initiatives to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Read MoreHamas and its enablers
To Hamas, every civilian death is a strategic victory. Why? Because it knows – and tragically, it is right – that images of Gazan casualties will be weaponized to turn public opinion against Israel and smear its name on the world stage. And it’s working.
Read MoreWhy Labor risks making the wrong call on Palestine recognition
Premature recognition is short-sighted and self-defeating, regardless of the motivations for doing it. The difficult but correct alternative is continuing to insist that the foundations for peace are properly established… Politically expedient shortcuts will make the situation worse.
Read MoreDruze crisis tested Israel’s Syria strategy
A week-long outbreak of violence in southern Syria in mid-July exposed the fault lines and shifting regional and global alignments shaping Syria’s post-Assad future – and the challenges these pose to Israel’s strategic goals.
Read MoreMedia Matters: Smoke and Ire over IHRA
Of course, the IHRA definition clearly states that “criticism of Israel similar to that levelled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.” But you wouldn’t necessarily know this if you relied on the bulk of the commentariat favoured by the ABC, Guardian Australia and Nine Newspapers.
Read MoreAIJAC calls UK’s Palestine recognition plans “counter-productive”; commends Australia’s more responsible approach
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today denounced the plans announced by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer yesterday to recognise “Palestine” in September unless Israel took substantive steps to end the war in Gaza, and promised to promote a two-state resolution.
Read MoreThe silver anniversary of the silver bullet
July 25 marked the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the Camp David talks, which were supposed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The terrible situation in Gaza is a stark reminder of the need for peace. However, if we want to achieve that peace, we need to learn the lessons of Camp David and the last 25 years.
Read MoreFast Facts: PM Albanese’s claims about Gaza and international law
This AIJAC quick analysis corrects misrepresentations or misunderstandings of international law which appear to have been made by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on ABC-TV “Insiders” on July 27.
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