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A Team of Heroes
In the shadow of the Israel-Hamas war that began on October 7 with Hamas’ genocidal attack, this was never going to be just another Olympic Games for the Jewish State.
Read MoreDoctors without Borders badly needs to heal themselves
MSF’s treatment of the Muhammad Al-Wadiya incident is emblematic of its troubling broader politicisation, which includes overt anti-Israel activism over many years that is in no way related to its core humanitarian aid mission.
Read MoreAIJAC shocked and horrified by extremism, complicity with violent protest, displayed by Greens
AIJAC today said it was shocked by the ongoing extremism and complicity with violent, racist protests displayed by the Australian Greens, as evidenced by both the unprecedented scenes at Sydney’s Inner West Council last night, and the latest Greens stunt in the Senate.
Read MoreEditorial: “Escalation” and double standards
As this edition of the AIR went to press, Israel, and indeed the whole Middle East, remained on tenterhooks. There are fears that a large-scale war between Israel and Iran, and/or Israel and Hezbollah, could be about to erupt.
Read MoreIran’s patronage of Hamas, Hezbollah threatens global stability
The common denominator between Israel’s July 31 targeted killing of Hezbollah chief of staff Fuad Shukr and presumed assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Teheran, and the devastating killing of 12 Druze children on the Golan Heights four days earlier by a Hezbollah missile, is Iran
Read MoreAIJAC and academic experts submit briefing to the International Criminal Court opposing Netanyahu and Gallant arrest warrants
On August 5, a team of three independent Australian academic experts, together with AIJAC’s Dr Colin Rubenstein, submitted an official amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefing to the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague… the submission argues against the issue of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant
Read MoreLatest findings confirm UNRWA’s complicity with Hamas terrorism
UNRWA is not part of the solution in any future scenario. As this latest findings underline, it remains part of the problem – an obstacle to any peaceful outcome for Palestinians and Israelis.
Read MoreIsmail Haniyeh assassination: Where to next for the Middle East?
A cluster of assassinations, or targeted killings, initiated by Israel in recent weeks directed at key members of the pro-Iranian network of terror proxies in the Middle East, is expected to soon lead to further escalation in the ongoing regional war raging there since 7 October.
Read More“Pro-Palestinian protests” are actually the opposite
The uncomfortable truth about the demonstrators is that many have been indoctrinated into a cult of extremism.
Read MoreThe UN continues to fail the world
To this day, the UN still cannot bring itself to condemn Hamas or its terror attacks that caused the biggest loss of Jewish life in a single day since the Holocaust.
Read MoreWhy ultra-Orthodox opposition to serving in the Israeli army is the most significant threat to Netanyahu’s government
The current war in Gaza – as well as the heightened tensions with Hezbollah in recent days – have made clear an urgent need to increase the size of the Israeli army. But the crisis surrounding the army service exemption for ultra-Orthodox youth is more than a political, economic or even moral issue.
Read MoreAustralian multiculturalism was never a licence for ‘anything goes’
Australia relies on a non-negotiable commitment to certain shared values, including parliamentary democracy and the rule of law; freedom of speech and religion; and the equality of the sexes.
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