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Editorial: The next US administration
Amidst one of the most acrimonious and polarised campaigns in memory… it is worth remembering that, overall, what unites Americans is still greater than what divides them. Part of the US consensus is a firm backbone of bipartisan support for Israel and, more broadly, Western interests in the Middle East.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes Israel-Sudan peace announcement
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed the announcement that Sudan has become the fifth Arab country to sign a peace agreement with Israel.
Read MoreQAnon is more than a conspiracy
Daily Telegraph, October 19 2020 This week, in a move described as a “hammer blow” to the QAnon movement by one commentator, Facebook removed hundreds of QAnon pages and groups from its social media platforms. It was a significant – and overdue – move by the social media giant over a movement that is…
Read MoreAs Australia leaves UNHRC, human rights abusers step up
Sadly, as of January, Australia’s voice will be gone from the UNHRC, and countries like China, Russia and Pakistan will dominate it with even less push back. Both the UN’s reputation and the wider cause of universal human rights will be the poorer as result of this sad and ridiculous reality.
Read MoreAustralia halves UNRWA funding
The Australian Government has quietly halved its contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes ABC corrections on Israel’s capital
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today welcomed an ABC acknowledgement that Tel Aviv is not Israel’s capital after an ABC TV 6pm news bulletin (Oct. 4) covering anti-government protests in Israel claimed “the biggest demonstrations have been held in the capital, Tel Aviv.”
Read MoreA media relationship that must end
It is well past time for the relationships between Australia’s taxpayer-funded state broadcasters and a propaganda outlet for a repressive, pro-Islamist state to fully come to an end.
Read MoreAIJAC meets with new Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths
AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler and Executive Director Colin Rubenstein have met with Australia’s newly-appointed Ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths, in an online session in which they were able to extend their congratulations on his appointment and wish him every success during his term in Israel.
Read MoreIsrael roils under COVID-19 second wave
The state of Israel continues to grapple with a surging second wave of coronavirus infections that has set the country on edge, as different segments of Israeli society blame one another for the upsurge and argue about how best to deal with it.
Read MoreIndonesia, the Palestinians and the new Middle East
Indonesia could now take advantage of the OIC’s internal division over normalization with Israel and reassess, like so many others, its own policies on the matter
Read MoreMahmoud Abbas implicitly acknowledges Palestinian failures in UN speech
With the UAE and Bahrain breaking with that historical consensus, and other major Arab states lining up to follow, Abbas’ repetition of long-standing mantras about Palestinian demands being at the core of the conflict not only rang hollow, but only underlined the Palestinian leadership’s apparently complete and ongoing inability to adapt to the region’s changing realities.
Read MoreBlood libel from a contributor to Australian Arabic language site
It is past time for the Australian federal or NSW authorities to investigate if there are legal measures that can be taken against the blatant racial vilification and incitement being published in Arabic on Farah News – by Dr. El-Lidawi and others.
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