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Report: Approvals for West Bank settlement expansion ‘stuck’
Over the past year, AIJAC research has shown that new construction in Israel’s West Bank settlements languishes at a historic low point, despite the fact that the Israeli government had been announcing the advancement of plans for thousands of new housing units. Recently, evidence has come to light that show those approvals have still not…
Read More‘Concerning escalation’ of Iranian nuclear threats against Israel: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie says it is a “quite concerning escalation” after Iran threatened a nuclear retaliation against Israel. Speaking on the “Danica and James” show on Sky News, Burnie said, “The rhetoric coming out of Iran is a serious and quite concerning escalation.
Read MoreFact Sheet: Recent Israeli legislation on UNRWA
Commentary about the new Israeli legislation ‘banning UNRWA’ has mischaracterised the scope of the laws, the idea that UNRWA is irreplaceable, and the Israeli concerns about UNRWA. This factsheet provides some corrective information.
Read MoreThe Australian Government refuses to see UNRWA’s terrorism
What these Foreign Ministers have failed to understand is that UNRWA is not really an international aid agency, but an internationally-funded Palestinian entity (99% of UNRWA staff are Palestinian) complicit in terrorism, which masquerades as an international aid organisation, and an ineffectual one at that. The evidence is damning.
Read MoreA world of two realities
It has become increasingly clear the world views this conflict through two vastly different lenses. In one view is a reality in which Israel is fighting for its survival against relentless threats, by antagonists who openly say they will never agree to any coexistence with the Jewish state. But there is an alternate perception in which Israel is cast as the aggressor.
Read MoreAIJAC statement on passage of Israeli legislation to ban UNRWA
The Israeli decision to ban UNRWA was an inevitable consequence of the international community’s failure to respond to decades of warnings, backed with overwhelming evidence, that this UN agency was facilitating and inciting terrorism, and had also become a significant barrier to any hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace.
Read MoreRing of Fire must be doused
For Israel, the immediate task now is to free the 101 hostages who are still held captive, somewhere, in Gaza. There is a strong belief that with Sinwar out of the picture, freeing the hostages will be easier to achieve. But answering the question of whether Sinwar’s death will hasten the war’s conclusion is complicated.
Read MoreMany questions, still too few answers to evil
Immediately after the October 7 Hamas atrocities, two questions were predominant – how did it happen, and how could people treat others so horrifically and barbarically? However… the conduct of others raised other, equally baffling questions.
Read MoreHezbollah massacred Syrians; they are glad for Israel’s help
For one group of people in the small mountain town of Madaya, Syria, the elimination of Hezbollah’s senior leadership was especially important… During the Syrian civil war, the town was the site of one of Hezbollah’s cruellest and most vicious attacks.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes new Iran missile sanctions, but calls for more coordination with allies
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the Government’s belated decision to impose sanctions on five Iranian individuals involved in the regime’s missile program.
Read MoreWong’s Middle East proposals would make things worse
It is appropriate for foreign ministers to float initiatives and ideas to resolve international problems, but they should first be very sure they are improving the situation rather than exacerbating it.
Read MoreOctober 7 commemoration in Melbourne
We reflect, pray, and mourn those we lost on and since October 7.
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