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“Full responsibility and accountability… but this incident does have certain context to it” – Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC executive manager Joel Burnie discussed the Gaza war and the tragic killing of foreign aid workers with Kieran Gilbert on @SkyNewsAust, 4 April 2024.
Read MoreSubmission to Federal Government Public Consultation on Doxxing and Privacy Reforms
The most notorious case of doxxing in Australia over recent months targeted a WhatsApp group of Australian Jewish creatives. Consequently, the Federal Government announced plans to move forward with legislative reforms to address this problem.
Read MoreFact Sheet: Israel’s second anti-terror raid at Shifa Hospital
Beginning on March 18, the IDF and other security agencies raided the Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City for the second time in the war – the first time was back in November – based on intelligence that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists had regrouped and massed themselves in and around the compound.
Read MoreAIJAC mourns the tragic death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom
We welcome Israel’s decision to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation to ascertain exactly what happened and work to ensure it does not happen again. Initial indications are that lack of coordination within a field unit, due to human error, caused this terrible tragedy. We trust Israel will ensure accountability for whoever is responsible for this heartbreaking error and the IDF will draw appropriate operational lessons to ensure such a shocking incident is never repeated.
Read MoreIsraeli ceasefire on the table but Hamas is rejecting it – AIJAC’s Joel Burnie on Sky News
“UN Security Council resolution that calls for a ceasefire does not understand that there is an Israeli ceasefire on the table but Hamas is rejecting it” – AIJAC’s Executive Manager Joel Burnie speaks to Danica De Giorgio on Sky News Australia.
Read MoreThe world’s ‘Triple Standard’ against Israel endangers global security
The question needs to be asked, what would these countries do if they were attacked by dozens of brutal death squads, encompassing thousands of terrorists, who inflicted mass murder, torture, and rape on 22 civilian towns?
Read MoreWhat recent ISKP attacks reveal about US, Russian and Iranian intelligence agencies
This is also a demonstration of the very different roles intelligence agencies play in Western countries as opposed to despotisms. In the former, the agencies exist in part to protect citizens from threats, while in the latter, they exist to protect the regime and to monitor, oppress, intimidate, kidnap or kill their own citizens domestically and abroad. Because of this remit and resource allocation, countries like Iran or Russia are not particularly capable of, or even very interested in, thwarting such attacks.
Read MoreContrary to news stories, aid is getting to north Gazans without UNRWA’s help
In addition to misleading headlines, most failed to provide important context that the IDF has been coordinating large amounts of aid through other channels, rendering UNRWA’s non-participation irrelevant. Moreover, the IDF says UNRWA had not actually even requested to send an aid convoy to north Gaza for some six weeks.
Read MoreBacking UNRWA will not bring Middle East peace
Given there are clear aid delivery alternatives, as well as UNRWA’s documented collusion with terrorists, the Australian Government’s decision makes little sense. By restoring funding, it will be undermining its own primary foreign policy goal in the Middle East, namely encouraging a negotiated resolution involving two states living in peace.
Read MoreAnti-Zionism is an abhorrent ideology, regardless of antisemitism
If the massacres and kidnappings on October 7 and the humanitarian consequences of Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza are not desirable outcomes — and if people still believe in the international order and the illegitimacy of advocating genocide and the destruction of recognized UN member states — then anti-Zionist advocacy of any sort must be socially and politically stigmatized regardless of whether anti-Zionism is considered antisemitic.
Read MoreRise of anti-Semitism echoes older, more dangerous eras
Everyone agrees that all Australians have a right to freely express their opinions, choose how they spend their money and support causes without having their loyalty questioned… But not if you’re Jewish. If you’re Jewish and support Israel, expect to be smeared as belonging to a vast conspiracy reaching into the deepest recesses of power in Australia and across the world.
Read MoreFour Corners “Forever War” episode reflected the endless crusade of its creator, John Lyons
“The Forever War,” screened March 11, was an ABC “Four Corners” episode that focused on the current Israel-Hamas war which began with Hamas’ October 7 massacre, rape, pillaging and hostage-taking spree. It was created and narrated by ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons. Like Lyons’ previous Four Corner offering on the Israel-Palestinian conflict – the…
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