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The killing of arch-terrorist Soleimani changes the regional rules of the game
An edited version of this article appeared in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald on January 10, 2020. The US drone attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad Airport on January 3 was militarily and morally justified. Any expected retaliation by Iran, including the reported targeting of US forces at two Iraqi bases…
Read MoreAIJAC expresses cautious optimism following death of arch-terrorist Soleimani
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has reacted with cautious optimism to the killing by US forces of Iranian arch-terrorist Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein AM said, “In killing Soleimani, the US has struck a major blow against violence in…
Read MoreAIJAC describes appointment of Yaakov Litzman as Israel’s Health Minister as “deplorable”
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has described as “deplorable” the Dec. 27 appointment of Yaakov Litzman as Israel’s Health Minister, despite police recommendations that he should face criminal charges for alleged interference in the extradition case against accused paedophile and former school principal Malka Leifer. AIJAC’s Dr. Colin Rubenstein AM stated, “Yaakov Litzman’s…
Read MoreAIJAC hails Australia’s stance on ICC and Israel
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has expressed gratitude to the Australian Government for expressing its concern about the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor’s decision to launch an investigation into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict announced on Dec. 20. In a statement made to the Jwire news service and published on Dec. 24, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said:…
Read MorePower Projector
Hardly a week goes by without mention of the notorious commander of Iran’s overseas elite Quds Force, Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Read MoreSucceeding Bibi?
The die is cast. One short, and seemingly technical, statement has launched the struggle for Binyamin Netanyahu’s political estate.
Read MoreEditorial: A democratic impasse
…All these effects are the result of the extended refusal or inability of Israel’s party leaders to make the necessary compromises to form unity governments, after inconclusive elections last April and September made it clear broad unity coalitions were the only way forward.
Read MoreCalling for a one-state solution in Israel and Palestine is calling for a bloodbath
Claims that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent statement that Israeli settlements are not, per se, inconsistent with international law has killed the two-state solution, as Crispin Hull argued on these pages last month, misrepresent both history and current day realities.
Read MoreWill Iran use fake social media accounts and fake news to try to sway the British election?
Wedge issues like Labour Party antisemitism and Brexit would likely play a major role in whatever online campaign Iran is likely to launch, if one isn’t already underway.
Read MoreSome questions need to be asked about recent “Q&A” episode
The fact is that Ms Zandberg is on the far left of Israeli politics. She is even less representative of the Israeli mainstream than a member of the Australian Greens would be of the political mainstream in this country.
Read More450+ rockets fired, terrorist leaders out, but what’s changed?
Israel took out terrorist leaders, Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired 450+ rockets at the Israeli population, but what did these actions achieve? Israeli security analyst Ehud Yaari helps us to understand how the recent skirmish is part of the bigger picture.
Read MoreAntisemitism infects UK election
AIJAC’s Colin Rubenstein on UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn: “It is up to the mainstream leadership of society, be it British, Australian or anywhere else, to condemn this extremism, this bigotry and racism, in this case, particularly, the antisemitism”
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