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Terrorism impact a wildcard in Israeli elections
With the last polling before tomorrow Israel’s national election showing a dead heat between caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid-led centre-left unity government bloc, and Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led bloc, the question on everyone’s minds is what make could make this election different than the past four Israel has had since 2019? One of the…
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes establishment of IHRA Parliamentary Friendship Group
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has warmly welcomed the creation of the Parliamentary Friends of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which was officially launched at the Federal Parliament in Canberra yesterday.
Read MoreFact Sheet: The “Lions’ Den” terror group
The “Lions’ Den” is a terrorist group of a few dozen armed Palestinians operating from Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Read MoreAustralian reversal on Jerusalem recognition misguided – Colin Rubenstein and Michael Rubin on Sky News
In separate appearances on Sky News Australia, AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein and visiting guest Dr Michael Rubin from the American Enterprise Institute offer their analyses of the Australian Government’s decision to reverse the previous government’s decision to recognise west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Read MoreWhat to do as Iran ups the ante in Ukraine
The IRGC reportedly finalised a deal in Moscow on Sept. 18 to transfer hundreds of Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar ballistic missiles, with respective ranges of 300km and 700km, to Russia, something confirmed to Reuters by senior Iranian officials. Iran’s Moscow airlift since the start of the war has seen at least 68 Iranian cargo flights flying to Russia to date.
Read More“We have no reason to be enemies”: Israeli women in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement
Whilst it may not be surprising in today’s post #METOO era to see women around the world rallying together against the oppressive state of Iran, the support coming out of Israel, a country that is not recognised as a legitimate one by Iran, is by no means insignificant.
Read MoreAIJAC condemns latest “deplorable” report by UNH permanent Commission of Inquiry
The report was not only completely one-sided but included erroneous claims such as that Israel’s continued military and civilian presence in the West Bank is effectively annexation and thus illegal under international law.
Read MoreEditorial: Canberra missteps as Israel goes to the polls
When governments like ours take steps that treat Israel differently to all other countries, Palestinian leaders see it as vindication of their tactics, making them even less likely to negotiate or compromise.
Read MoreIranian Lies Matter
Australia has a clear national interest in supporting increased pressure on Teheran – both as a message to the freedom-aspiring Iranian people, and as a way to hold accountable their oppressors for their serial human rights violations, their illegal nuclear weapons program, their rogue behaviour and the miasma of lies that facilitates all three.
Read MoreRejecting West Jerusalem Step in the Wrong Direction
While those seeking to revert Canberra’s recognition of West Jerusalem encourage Abbas’ intransigence, the issue goes beyond Jerusalem, especially after Abbas broke with the West, traveled to Moscow and offered full-throated endorsement of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Read MoreGovernment’s reversal on Jerusalem a bizarre own-goal
The announcement by the Australian Government that it will be reversing the previous government’s decision to recognise west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is very disappointing, and frankly counter-productive to the Albanese government’s own self-declared policy goals.
Read MoreAIJAC expresses deep disappointment over government’s reversal on Jerusalem
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has expressed its deep disappointment with the Federal Government’s decision to reverse its predecessor’s recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, calling the announcement “a pointless own goal” which appears to undermine the government’s own self-declared Mideast policy.
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