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AIJAC welcomes two updates to Australia’s terrorist list
AIJAC commends the Australian Government for making two important updates to Australia’s terrorist list.
Read MoreA matter of patience: Tehran’s nuclear timeline versus Washington’s
The regime has been trying to break the economic siege by aligning itself with China and Russia and by illegally exporting oil to China and Venezuela. At the same time, it markets the ‘resistance economy’ as the rationale for the prolonged suffering of the Iranian people (though most Iranians see through this lie).
Read MoreEditorial: A new Mid-East defence network
As the US diplomatic effort to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons capability continues to be met with stalling tactics from Teheran, a new regional defensive alignment is coming into focus, with Israel at its epicentre.
Read MoreSubmission to the now-suspended Senate Inquiry into ABC and SBS Complaints Handling
It is the belief of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) and other Australian stakeholders who have dealt with the respective organisations’ complaints procedures that the current system is broken and that complainants are not able to receive a fair hearing because the process is not genuinely independent.
Read MoreWhy we must call out Holocaust distortion
There is a name for the comparisons used by anti-lockdown protesters to Holocaust tropes – Holocaust distortion – and there is a case to be made for governments of all levels to do more to stamp it out.
Read MoreAssessing the Bennett-Lapid Government and prospects for 2022 – David Horovitz
David Horovitz, the founding editor of the Times of Israel, joined an AIJAC Live Online webinar of 15 November 2021.
Read MoreBennett-Lapid Gov’t passes budget, boosts Arab and Druze sectors
Israel’s first budget in three years received final Knesset approval on Friday morning, Israel time, ensuring the longevity of the Unity government of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and providing the foundation for the politically diverse coalition to advance a variety of policies. At the same time, in…
Read MoreMorocco, Israel and the Jewish World: A New Era of Relations
Ambassador Karim Medrek, a career diplomat, was nominated Ambassador of His Majesty the King in Australia, New Zealand and to several Pacific States. He joined AIJAC Live Online on November 5 2021.
Read MorePA apparently seeks to get Palestinian residents evicted in Sheikh Jarrah
Readers will probably recall that one of the purported triggers for the May explosion of violence between Israel and terrorists in Gaza, initiated by Hamas, was a property dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem.
Read MoreSix Palestinian NGOs are supporting terrorist group PFLP – Ran Porat on J-AIR
AIJAC’s Ran Porat discussed Israel’s decision to ban six Palestinian NGOs who are linked to and supporting terrorist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine on J-Air, November 3 2021.
Read MoreAustralia embracing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Anti-Semitism
Now that the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Anti-Semitism has been “embraced”, the challenge will be to ensure it is applied in ways which will ensure robust and informed debate on public policy matters, while providing recourse for victims of anti-Semitism.
Read MoreThere is ample evidence banned Palestinian NGOs are PFLP-affiliated
On Friday, Oct. 22, Israel banned six Palestinian NGOs – Addameer, Al Haq, Bisan Center, Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCI-P), Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC) – based on their direct affiliation with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
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