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AIJAC condemns Tel Aviv nightclub attack
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs condemns the latest murderous attack in Tel Aviv, which left two innocent civilians dead and eight others wounded, four of whom are fighting for their lives.
Read MoreIsrael’s ruling coalition has lost its majority. Now what?
The surprise announcement on Wednesday morning, April 6, in Israel by Coalition Leader Idit Silman of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s own Yamina party that she would leave the Coalition (but remain a Member of Knesset) means that the Government of Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister Yair Lapid no longer has a parliamentary majority. Both the…
Read MoreElection campaign marred by swastikas, as MPs in various states consider ban
An unfortunate trend that emerged during the 2019 federal election campaign seems set to remain a regrettable hallmark of the 2022 federal election campaign.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes NSW Government’s announcement of plans to introduce a bill criminalising public display of Nazi symbols
AIJAC welcomes the announcement by NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman that the Government is committed to introducing a bill that criminalises the public display of Nazi symbols.
Read MoreThe global delegitimisation campaigns against Israel and how to combat them – Olga Deutsch
AIJAC ‘In Conversation’ with Olga Deutsch, Vice President of NGO Monitor.
Read MoreIsrael faces new terror wave and considers how to respond
Within the span of one week, the Islamic State (IS) claimed two attacks inside Israel, the deadliest inside the Green Line since June 2016, when Palestinian terrorists inspired by IS conducted a so-called “lone wolf” mass shooting in Tel Aviv.
Read MoreLabor, Greens MPs denounce action on antisemitism in NSW
Regrettably, there are some Labor and Greens MPs who continue to spread the false claim that the IHRA definition will silence those who wish to criticise Israel.
Read MoreEditorial: Ukraine and the Israel obsession
At a time when Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has created millions of refugees, levelled cities and killed untold numbers of Ukrainian civilians, it’s remarkable how much critical commentary on the war seems to be focused on Israel – a tiny country far removed, both geographically and geopolitically, from the fighting.
Read MoreLone Wolves? Islamic State sympathisers kill six Israelis in two attacks
Israeli supporters of the Islamic State ideology have been responsible for two terror attacks in Israel this week, raising fears that Israeli security services may have been caught off-guard by what may be only the beginning of a wave of IS-inspired terrorism.
Read MoreAIJAC Live Online with Dr. Jonathan Schanzer
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Senior Vice President for Research at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD), discusses Iran, Russia and a potentially disastrous new US-brokered nuclear deal.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes history-making NSW motion on antisemitism
AIJAC congratulates the NSW Parliament on making history, with the NSW Legislative Council becoming the first house of parliament in Australia to endorse the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism.
Read MoreIsrael’s humanitarian response in Ukraine continues a long Israeli tradition
As it so often does during times of crisis, Israel has committed tonnes of goods and hundreds of its finest diplomats, medics and humanitarian workers to help the people of Ukraine in the current war launched by Russia.
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