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In keeping with a long-standing pre-election tradition, AIJAC submitted a series of 11 policy questions to the campaigns of both Prime Minister Scott Morrison, leading the Liberal-National Coalition, and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese, leading the Australian Labor Party (ALP), to help our readers and supporters make an informed decision as they go to the polls on May 21.
Read MorePre-election extremism from the Greens
The Australian public, and especially voters, should take this new radical Greens stance on Israel, boycotts, and the Palestinians into consideration in all interactions with the party.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes Glen Eira’s adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism
AIJAC is very pleased that Glen Eira Council has taken this important step, and congratulates the councillors, especially Cr Margaret Esakoff, for her initiative in bringing this most significant matter to the Council. The IHRA definition is a very constructive tool in the ongoing battle against antisemitism. We hope other Councils and institutions follow Glen Eira’s moral and principled leadership in adopting this very widely accepted definition.
Read MoreAn unprecedented summit highlights a changing Middle East
As recently as June 2020, none of the UAE, Bahrain or Morocco had diplomatic relations with Israel. What happened at the historic meeting held in Sde Boker – the homestead and final resting place of Israel’s visionary first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion – is part of a dramatic regional realignment.
Read MoreAl Jazeera employees openly barrack for the terrorists attacking Israeli civilians
Approving of the terror attacks against Israeli civilians were the social media accounts of high profile employees of the jewel in the Qatari media crown, Al Jazeera – amongst them repeat offenders when it comes to flouting the norms of journalistic standards and openly supporting terrorism.
Read More‘Al-Aqsa in danger’: The libel fomenting the current Jerusalem violence
April 18 saw the first rocket launched into Israel from Gaza in four months, as clashes between violent Palestinian gangs and Jerusalem police continued for a third day near the Al-Aqsa Mosque and along the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
Read MoreACMA decision on “Q+A” demonstrates need for new independent, external body to hold ABC to its code of conduct
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council is very disappointed at the decision by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to dismiss complaints from AIJAC and others about the episode of the ABC TV program “Q+A” which aired on May 27, 2021.
Read MoreIranian cyberattacks on Israel are unsophisticated, but remain a constant and serious nuisance
Iran continues to demonstrate that, while it lags far behind other adversaries like Russia, China and North Korea in cyberspace, it still has the capacity to be a major nuisance in this sphere.
Read MoreTerror wave reaches Tel Aviv
The number of Israelis killed in the latest terror wave has increased to 13 after a shooting attack outside a pub in central Tel Aviv on Thursday night (April 7) claimed two lives.
Read MoreAIJAC 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.
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