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AIJAC’s submission to Senate Committee considering the establishment of an inquiry into antisemitism on Australian campuses
AIJAC has made a submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee’s Inquiry strongly supporting the proposed Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024.
Read MoreIran steps up election interference in the US
Amidst alleged ongoing attempts to assassinate former and current American officials and politicians, including former US President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump, it is easy to overlook the Iranian regime’s continued attempts at election interference in the US.
Read MoreWhat could be the retaliation after a Hamas official was killed on Iran soil?: AIJAC guest Behnam ben Taleblu on ABC Radio
AIJAC guest Benham Ben Taleblu, Senior Iran Analyst at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, spoke to Patricia Karvelas
Read MoreAustralians have had a ‘gutful’ of anti-Israel protests: Joel Burnie on Sky News
AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie discusses the persistent protesting by pro-Palestinians worldwide amid a strong showing of support for Palestine outside of the Democratic National Convention. “We’re ten months after the horrific events of October 7th, and continuously, we’re seeing in Western democratic societies and countries, including our own here in Australia, have been subjected to immense disruption and protests,” Mr Burnie told Sky News host Gabriella Power.
Read MoreA 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.
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