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Surprise: Likud drew more Israeli Arab votes than ever
One of the remarkable stories of the March 23 Israeli election is the Likud achieving a historically high percentage of Arab votes. According to voting data publicly available online (in Hebrew), in one Arab city, the Likud soared close to 10x higher than in past elections.
Read MoreMavi Marmara passenger arrested on terrorist charges
A Melbourne man arrested in March for alleged involvement in jihadist terrorism has a history of extreme activity, including involvement in a violent attempt to breach Israel’s legal blockade of Gaza.
Read MoreAIJAC statement on ALP policy to recognise a state of Palestine
AIJAC believes that the ALP National Conference vote in favour of unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state was misguided and will be counterproductive to prospects for a negotiated two-state outcome, which the ALP platform still rightly supports.
Read MoreIsrael’s Powerful Connections: The strategic logic behind plans for the world’s longest undersea cable
Even more than the positive outcomes for energy security and climate change goals, the project’s political and strategic ramifications are difficult to overstate. Israel’s burgeoning energy and security partnership with Greece and Cyprus, which has qualitatively blossomed since 2017, will further anchor Israel’s importance for Europe and the Middle East.
Read MoreBecoming Ansar Allah: How the Islamic Revolution Conquered Yemen
The Houthis, far from being a local movement, are a core, organic component of Iran’s Islamic Revolution and always have been.
Read MoreAIJAC’s Jeremy Jones speaks on ABC Radio on Harmony Week, Racism and Multiculturalism in Australia
AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones discusses COVID-19, racism and multiculturalism with Sandra Moon on ABC Murray Goulburn and Gippsland during Harmony Week.
Read MoreAIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro discusses the Israeli election on ABC NewsRadio
AIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro was interviewed by Glen Bartholomew on ABC NewsRadio on the eve of the Israeli election, March 23.
Read MoreAustralian Arabic language newspaper claims Israel sent prostitutes to entice Gulf states
El-Telegraph has become a platform for spreading antisemitic tropes and wild conspiracy theories among Arabic readers in Australia.
Read MoreIsrael’s Forthcoming Elections: An Insider’s View – Ehud Yaari
Ehud Yaari is a frequent AIJAC visiting expert and Israel’s leading TV journalist and public affairs commentator. He is also the Lafer International Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He joined an AIJAC Live Online webinar on 17 March 2021.
Read MoreAIJAC’s Jeremy Jones discusses Interfaith Dialogue and Far-Right Extremism on ABC Radio
AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones discussed Interfaith dialogue and Far-Right extremism with Fiona Parker on ABC Radio Central Victoria on 15 March 2020.
Read MoreOil spill off Israel’s coast reveals Iranian smuggling dangers
The environmental damage wreaked by a recent oil spill off Israel’s Mediterranean coast is the visible manifestation of a much larger and more insidious problem.
Read MoreIran crosses line between hostage and prisoner
It is very clear Iran’s repressive and grotesque regime makes a practice of taking foreigners such as Moore-Gilbert and the others hostage to use as bargaining chips, extracting hefty concessions from other governments, mostly Western, to release them.
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