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It is time for Australia to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism
If antisemitism is already so broadly and urgently condemned, why is it important for Australia to adopt the IHRA working definition of antisemitism? There are three major reasons: to clearly send a message that antisemitism is not acceptable in Australia; to educate Australians what antisemitism is; and to help combat antisemitism.
Read MoreImplications of the Afghanistan Disaster – Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin addressed the catastrophic return of the Taliban in the wake of the US and allied military withdrawal, as well as wider regional issues, for an AIJAC webinar on 20 August 2021.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes Foreign Minister Payne’s condemnation of Iran and Hezbollah
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes comments made in Parliament on August 10 by Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne condemning Iran and Hezbollah.
Read MoreLetter to the West Australian Bar Association
I am genuinely baffled that, as President of the West Australian Bar Association, you would see it as appropriate to rebuke an Australian Senator for suggesting that a high-profile member of the profession, who makes an undeniably antisemitic comment via social media, should face professional consequences.
Read MoreGaza, COVID and Iran: The Key Challenges for Israel’s New Government – Ehud Yaari
Ehud Yaari addressed the key challenges facing Israel’s new government for an AIJAC Live Online webinar on 6 August 2021.
Read MoreIs it too late to stop Iran from crossing the nuclear threshold?
Indirect negotiations in Vienna between the United States and Iran about the 2015 nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA) seem to be going nowhere. The Iranians apparently decided to leave the talks until after anti-Semitic hardliner Ebrahim Raisi takes office as president.
Read MoreTurkish conference underlines growing role of Ankara as key driver of global Islamist extremism
Turkey openly champions Islamist terrorism and extremism, and its leadership actively incites violence not only against Israel and Jews, but against the West writ large. Though often dismissed as campaign rhetoric, Erdogan’s conspiratorial statements, which he no doubt believes, often appear explicitly designed to incite violence…
Read MoreLessons from Israel’s fourth COVID-19 wave
With Israel experiencing rising COVID-19 infection rates from the Delta strain – in spite of the fact that about 70% of the country’s population is fully vaccinated with Pfizer – Australia and other countries are paying close attention to see what can be learned from Israel’s fourth and latest wave. By July 27, infection rates…
Read MoreABC story misrepresents shoddy HRW report, even as it hypes it
If it wasn’t bad enough that Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued yet another shoddy and poorly researched anti-Israel report, an ABC online article by reporter Sowaibah Hanifie managed to make that shoddy report seem more balanced than the ABC’s poor effort.
Read MoreWhy was Julian Burnside’s message antisemitic?
On July 28, Australian barrister and former Greens candidate Julian Burnside tweeted that “The curious thing about the Israeli stance is that their treatment of the Palestinians looks horribly like the German treatment of the Jews during the Holocaust.”
Read MoreHRW’s latest Gaza report is a pathetic effort
Human Rights Watch’s latest report accusing Israel of committing possible war crimes during the May 2021 mini-war launched by Hamas in Gaza against Israel is a poorly researched and factually bankrupt smear centred around three incidents, all of which have already been widely reported and explained.
Read MoreWhen Golda met Jordana – the ABC offers tarnished history
As a taxpayer funded broadcaster, the ABC has an obligation to verify that material which goes out under the ABC banner is fair and balanced… It is also required to make a full disclosure if and when potential conflicts of interest arise. This includes informing ABC consumers when a badly flawed historical piece about former Israeli prime minister Gold Meir is written by a local anti-Israel activist.
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