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AIJAC applauds law allowing IRGC terror listing
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) applauds the passage of the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025 on November 6, enabling the Federal Government to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation under Australia’s Criminal Code.
Read MoreSydney Peace Prize honours long record of twisted morality
By choosing to honour Pillay, the City of Sydney and Sydney University are sending a dangerous message: that antisemitism and double standards, cloaked in the language of human rights to vilify Israel, are acceptable, and indeed to be rewarded with public platforms and taxpayer funds.
Read MoreThe IRGC and its criminal proxies
While Iran’s long-standing global links to criminal networks to conduct surveillance, harassment or attacks demonstrate malign intent and the desire for deniability, it also reflects Iran’s extreme weakness and desperation, which forces it to rely on unknown freelancers, incompetent criminals and organised crime groups already penetrated by local law enforcement and domestic intelligence agencies.
Read MoreWhy do Gaza hypocrites ignore African horrors?
If the blood of innocents staining Sudanese soil is visible even from space yet invisible to the human rights world below, our problem isn’t blindness. It’s wilful hypocrisy and moral decay.
Read MoreTo rebuild Gaza, remember how Germany rose from the rubble
If it is serious about ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the world must treat Hamas’ defeat as the defeat of an existential ideology – just like it did with the Nazis – rather than merely a border dispute to be negotiated away.
Read MoreIn the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s election countdown begins
The next Israeli elections are not officially scheduled until late October 2026, yet the campaign season has plainly begun. The Knesset’s winter session opened on Oct. 20 with an acrimonious debate, reflecting a political system already in election mode.
Read MorePalestinians, “armed action” and the impact of the Gaza war
The Hamas-Israel war appears to be convincing Palestinians that negotiations are more effective at achieving Palestinian objectives than violence.
Read MoreThe United Nations stopped delivering aid to millions of Yemenis nine months ago – no one seems to care
News that the terrorist group Ansar Allah (widely known as the Houthis) kidnapped another 20 United Nations employees in Yemen last week wasn’t just horrific for the individuals being held against their will – it was devastating for millions of hungry Yemeni civilians.
Read More“Bittersweet” aftermath of hostage release deal: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC executive manager Joel Burnie spoke about the mood in Israel in the wake of the hostage release deal and the continuing role of Hamas in Gaza on the Danica & James show on Sky News.
Read MoreWith all the discussion of disarming Hamas, how are the plans to disarm Hezbollah going?
Thus far, the faltering Lebanese efforts, or lack thereof, at disarming Hezbollah appear to offer important lessons for what not to do in Gaza.
Read MoreFrom the Shadows of Death to the Light of Life
To finally see [the hostages] home, safe and secure in the embrace of their loved ones, was like seeing a missing limb restored to the body of a people, making them whole once more. We could finally breathe again. Yet as we celebrate their return, we must also confront the sacrifices – 918 soldiers have fallen since October 7…
Read MoreAIJAC thrilled at hostage release
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council is thrilled and relieved that the Israel hostages have been released.
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