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FM Penny Wong’s ceasefire call “misconceived” – Colin Rubenstein on Sky News
Colin Rubenstein discussed Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s call for a ceasefire in Gaza with Tom Connell on Sky News, 13 November 2023.
Read MoreAIJAC disappointed by FM Penny Wong’s comments regarding a Gaza ceasefire
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today expressed disappointment over Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong’s comments on ABC-TV’s “The Insiders” regarding Gaza this morning, saying they were “disturbing”. Senator Wong stated: “we all want to take the next steps towards a ceasefire” before adding no ceasefire could be “one-sided.” She also called for Israel…
Read MoreAIJAC statement on the events in Caulfield South on the evening of November 10
Regarding the events that took place around Prince Park in Caulfield South, opposite the Central Shule Chabad Synagogue on Maple St, on the evening of November 10, the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein said: “While we welcome the bipartisan statements in support of the Jewish community and condemnation of the incidents…
Read MoreThe media, Palestinian children and the numbers game
The stories of children being killed in Gaza are indeed horrifically sad and tragic – even if we actually have no accurate numbers on the extent of this tragedy – and to some extent, it is understandable that journalists want to highlight these terrible stories. Unfortunately, the goal of at least some journalists appears to be primarily to draw some nonexistent moral equivalence between those Palestinians under 18 killed during legitimate Israeli military operations with the Israeli children brutally murdered or kidnapped by Hamas.
Read More“Hamas is a genocidal movement” – Alan Jones editorial and Walt Secord interview on ADH-TV
Alan Jones editorial and Walt Secord interview about the Israel-Hamas war and the public reaction on ADH TV, Nov 8 2023.
Read MoreHow not to be pro-Palestinian
The adoption by state governments and Australian institutions of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism would help in this regard, as it emphasises, inter alia, that the denial of the Jewish right to self-determination is antisemitic. Aside from being either implicitly or explicitly genocidal or advocating terrorism, this is exactly what all of these phrases do.
Read MoreBoycott campaign “very ugly” – Colin Rubenstein on 3AW
Dr Colin Rubenstein discussed the boycott campaign targeting Jewish-owned companies with Neil Mitchell on 3AW, 8 November 2023.
Read MoreHanan Ashrawi proves – yet again – why she should never have been a candidate for any peace prize
Today, November 6, marks exactly two decades since then NSW Premier Bob Carr presented Palestinian official, activist and academic Hanan Ashrawi the then largely unknown Sydney Peace Prize, an award that prompted major national controversy. In recent weeks, Ashrawi has made outrageous statements that have whitewashed Hamas’ barbaric crimes against Israel on October 7 – vindicating yet again the stance taken by the Australian Jewish leadership in 2003 that she should never have won the award.
Read MoreAIJAC applauds former Prime Minister Scott Morrison solidarity visit to Israel
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has applauded the solidarity visit to Israel by former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and former United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Read MoreWar is not a war crime
The three most common concepts abused by anti-Israel activists are “proportionality”, “collective punishment” and “genocide”. Everyone needs to understand precisely what these terms actually mean.
Read MoreI have never experienced a more challenging period to live as a Jew
It is simply heart-wrenching that in the year 2023 right here in tolerant, multicultural Australia, I have to weigh up whether public display of my Judaism could endanger the safety of my children.
Read MoreHamas’s slaughter of innocent Israelis demands its rule comes to an end
Not only was Gaza not “occupied” when Hamas took it over and made it into a dedicated terror statelet, Hamas is absolutely clear that similar “armed resistance” would continue even if Israel were to give up every inch of the West Bank.
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