AIJAC welcomes Iran-Israel Ceasefire

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but warned that there is still more to be done to achieve regional stability and peace. AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein said, “Despite some initial breaches and incidents, the ceasefire between Iran and Israel now seems…

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – Will the ceasefire hold?

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli media. Today’s update includes: On “Good Morning Israel” on Army Radio, Danny Citrinowicz, former head of the Iran branch in the Research Division of the Intelligence Directorate and fellow at the Institute for National Security…

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – US joins the fight

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli media. Today’s update includes: On Channel 12 news’ website N12, award-winning analyst Ehud Ya’ari looks at the strategic picture in the war following the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites, discussing what threatening cards Iran…

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A critical first step to stability

The US intervention provides much greater confidence that Iran, a regime committed to dominating and destabilising its neighbours, international terrorism, and destroying Israel – and that was illegally trying to build nuclear weapons to facilitate all three objectives – is about to be thoroughly defanged.

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Three reasons Israel decided to act against Iran now

IAEA reports say that Iran now possesses enough 60% enriched uranium to produce the cores of between nine and ten nuclear warheads in less than two weeks. Iran is the only non-nuclear weapon state to have ever enriched uranium to this level – an enrichment level with no legitimate civilian use.

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – Soroka Hospital struck

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli media. Today’s update includes: N12’s report on the reactions to Iran’s targeting of Beersheva’s Soroka Hospital, and the miraculous decision that saved many lives there According to Walla’s military correspondent Amir Bohbut, Iran was believed…

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Nuke showdown was inevitable

According to Israeli intelligence, in recent weeks Iran had secretly begun working on developing all the components of a nuclear warhead and therefore had crossed the final red line and triggered the last-ditch option Israel had set for itself: to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites and other affiliated targets. 

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World a safer place if Iran doesn’t have nukes

The most recent IAEA report in June said Iran had accumulated more than 400kg of 60% enriched uranium, an increase of nearly 50% since the IAEA’s February assessment and potentially enough for at least nine nuclear weapons. There’s no civilian use for such material…

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