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UNRWA textbooks draw European censure
In a step hailed as “unprecedented”, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has been censured by the European Parliament (EP) for the use of school textbooks that contain hate speech and incitement to violence.
Read MoreFactsheet: What’s behind the violence in Jerusalem and Gaza rockets
Yesterday, Monday May 10, more than 160 rockets were fired into Israel from Gaza, in a major escalation of the violence that has been centred on Jerusalem over recent weeks.
Read MoreAIJAC’s submission on the Feasibility Study on Strengthening Trade and Investment with Israel
AIJAC commends the Australian Government, including Trade Minister Dan Tehan, for its foresight in proposing a feasibility study on strengthening trade and investment with Israel with a view to a future free trade agreement.
Read MoreAIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro discusses Jerusalem disturbances and Israeli coalition negotiations on ABC News Radio
AIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro discussed the Jerusalem disturbances and Israeli coalition negotiations on ABC News Radio with Glen Bartholomew, 10 May 2021.
Read MoreAustralia cuts Palestinian aid by 25%
Australia’s foreign aid to the Palestinian Territories has been cut by 25% over the past year, with funding redirected and long-running programs brought to an end.
Read MoreAIJAC applauds announcement that Australia will not attend controversial Durban 4 conference
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) applauds Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Australia will not participate in the event to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance.
Read MoreSettlements squeezed, not surged under Trump
Contrary to the narrative promoted by a number of Israeli left-wing NGOs that formed the basis for a number of stories filed by international correspondents over the past four years, Israel’s West Bank settlement growth did not experience a “surge” during the Trump presidency but was actually highly restricted. Growth actually reached a nadir last…
Read MoreUS pulls out of Durban anti-racism meet up, is Australia next?
As countries prepare to officially mark the 20th anniversary of a 2001 United Nations conference notorious for its extreme antisemitism, the United States has made the principled decision not to participate.
Read MoreAIJAC “deeply shaken” by tragic accident at Mount Meron
We are deeply shaken to learn of the tragic disaster at yesterday’s Lag B’Omer event in Israel.
Read MoreGreek-Israel defence deal is latest evidence of the blossoming Eastmed alliance
Erdogan seems incapable of maintaining genuine normalisation with anyone: every irritant in every relationship, from the S-400 to Hamas to Khashoggi, is celebrated by Erdogan, who doubles down on these policies to instrumentalise tensions with regional neighbours for domestic political purposes. It is still possible that Erdogan’s disingenuous outreach may pay off, but even if it does, it is unlikely to break the overlapping system of alliances that have been forming to contain him.
Read MoreAntisemitism and the extreme right today – Lydia Khalil
Lydia Khalil explains the way antisemitic hate spreads through neo-Nazi groups, white supremacist groups, the sovereign citizen movement and QAnon in Australia. Khalil is a research fellow at the Lowy Institute and a research associate at Deakin University’s Alfred Deakin Institute.
Read MoreRussia is astutely playing the players in Yemen
The inevitable outcome of the Biden administration’s policy on Yemen, with its overarching goal of ending the Saudi intervention, will again see Russia assume the role of supreme arbiter, as it has in several conflicts and crises across the region.
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