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AIJAC questions handling of pro-Palestinian protestors ambushing visiting families of Israeli murder victims and hostages
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein has questioned the handling of an incident involving pro-Palestinian protestors who ambushed the families of Israeli murder victims and hostages at a Melbourne hotel last night.
Read MoreA powerless Hamas is the only way this war will end
An immediate, permanent ceasefire would therefore cost, not protect, innocent lives in the longer term. It would only defer those casualties until Hamas’ promised future rounds of warfare.
Read MoreNews reports whitewash the crimes of Palestinian prisoners being released
Some news reports have drawn an apparent moral equivalence between the completely innocent Israeli hostages and the Palestinian prisoners, including by whitewashing or downplaying the severity of the terror-related crimes many of the prisoners were found guilty of.
Read MoreThe silence about Hamas’ ongoing war crimes
One either cares about the principle of IHL adherence or one doesn’t. Anyone who is unable or unwilling to mention Hamas’ countless and ongoing violations of IHL at the same time as they express concern, well-founded or not, about Israel’s conduct clearly belongs in the latter category.
Read MoreA permanent ceasefire now would be a victory for Hamas
A permanent ceasefire would be a terrible idea, at least for the time being. It would not end the conflict but prolong it. It would end up costing more lives, because it would effectively mean Hamas survives, and no longer has to fear Israeli action to prevent it repeating its attacks.
Read MoreAIJAC applauds Federal Government’s announcement of Nazi salute ban
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today applauded the Federal Government’s announcement that it will introduce legislation this week to ban the Nazi salute in Australia – making it a criminal offence under Commonwealth law.
Read MoreMisguided claims underpin journalists’ anti-Israel open letter – Colin Rubenstein on Sky News
Sky News’ Chris Kenny interviews AIJAC’s Colin Rubenstein about journalists signing an anti-Israel open letter.
Read MoreHamas is using hospitals to commit “acts harmful to the enemy”
When Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says Israel must stop “attacking” hospitals, she is wrong as a factual, legal and moral matter. Israel is attacking Hamas, and Hamas, like the PLO before it, is using hospitals to commit acts harmful to the enemy. This forces Israel to act against these Hamas terrorists, even as it does everything required of it by international law, and more, to protect and aid civilians in the vicinity.
Read MoreAIJAC statement on release of hostages by Hamas
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein said: “I admit to mixed feelings about the release of hostages: on one hand, I was elated to see the release of the young children, mums and the elderly, but on the other, I felt sadness when I thought of the other hostages who are…
Read MoreDisturbing propaganda “drip-fed” to student protesters – Joel Burnie on Sky News
Steve Price interviews AIJAC’s Joel Burnie on the pro-Palestinian protests in Australia.
Read MoreHostage release and humanitarian pause – Ran Porat on ABC News Radio
On ABC “News Radio” (Nov. 23), AIJAC’s Dr Ran Porat discusses the logistics and the significance of the Israel-Hamas agreement for the release of at least 50 Israeli hostages held in Gaza, in exchange for 150 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and a four day pause in the fighting.
Read MoreThe Big Lie: “Genocide” in Gaza
The fundamentally unserious, grotesque and yet pervasive claim by Palestinians and their supporters that Israel is committing “genocide” or “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza should not really be dignified with a direct response. Yet it is once again necessary to emphasise that these words have specific meanings that have very little relation to how they are currently being used.
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