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How a shining hope became a moral stain
In the past year alone, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) condemned Israel 15 times, compared to 13 resolutions for the other 191 UN member states – including such human rights exemplars as Russia, China, Myanmar, North Korea and Syria.
Read MoreWho’s Who in Israel’s new Government
AIJAC’s guide to the ministers and other major players in the new government, listing the coalition parties and the ministries each one now holds.
Read MoreTime for Australia to list the IRGC as a terrorist group
Instead of simply playing catch-up with our allies, Australia should take the proactive step of acting to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code.
Read MoreManaging his new government will be Netanyahu’s greatest political challenge
Even the harshest detractors of long-serving Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu admit that he is a master of the complex coalition politics that are always necessary to form, and then maintain in power, any Israeli government.
Read MoreUN referral of Israel to International Court of Justice ‘odious’, Australian ‘no’ vote commended
The UN General Assembly vote on December 30 to refer Israel’s ‘occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian territory’ to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion was as predictable as it was odious.
Read MoreAIJAC congratulates Binyamin Netanyahu on formation of new Israeli government
The formation of the government was announced on Wednesday after more than six weeks of intensive negotiations between the various parties following the election on November 1.
Read MoreQatar’s divisive and politicised World Cup
“Football unites the world,” declares the website of FIFA, the sport’s international governing body. But the actions of Qatar, where the World Cup was contested, have rendered the tournament a divisive battleground.
Read MoreAntisemitism is breaking into the mainstream
Whether browsing through newspaper headlines or scrolling through Twitter, there is no escaping the grim reality that anti-Semitic hatred is again on the rise around the world, including here in Australia.
Read MoreAntisemitism scandal erupts around another UN Human Rights Council official
Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the human rights situation in the “occupied Palestinian territories” wants us to believe she is an unbiased, impartial observer… [But] her past social media posts which appear to spread classical antisemitic tropes have gotten in the way.
Read MoreA terrible UN tradition
Each year, like a finely tuned Swiss clock, around 22 anti-Israel resolutions are presented at the United Nations General Assembly. Sometimes the words differ slightly, or a clause might be introduced, but it is essentially the same resolutions repeated every year.
Read MoreEditorial: When hatred is normalised
Experts say it’s not so much that the oldest hatred is back. Rather, it simply never left, but today those who harbour antisemitic beliefs are becoming much less inhibited in shamelessly expressing and acting on them.
Read MoreWe’re playing catch-up on our response to Iran
Recently, a consensus has finally been developing among Western governments about the hostile intentions and rogue behaviour of the Iranian regime.
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