Editorial: Courageous decisions

The Australian Government’s announcement on August 21 that Australia will join the International Maritime Security Construct in the Persian Gulf to assure the security of merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz is a very welcome one. 

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Statement: Australia joins the International Maritime Security Construct in the Gulf

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the Government’s announcement that Australia will join the International Maritime Security Construct in the Gulf to assure the security of merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Government statement, “Australia’s contribution will include the deployment of: a P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft to the…

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Backgrounder: The IAEA’s Iran file and the quest for a new Director General

On Monday July 22, 2019 Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano passed away following an illness. When he died, Amano was in his 10th year as the Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), an organisation also known as the UN’s nuclear watchdog.   A few days later, the Board of Governors (BOG), the governing body of the IAEA, appointed Romanian Cornel Feruta as acting Director General. Feruta, also a career diploma  had served as Chief Coordinator…

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UN claims on Palestinian women invert the truth

The UN has produced another one of the anti-Israel absurdities for which it has become infamous. On July 23, the UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council voted 40-2, with 9 abstentions, to single out Israel as the only state in the world branded as a violator of women’s rights

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Statement: Israeli police recommendation to indict Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman over Malka Leifer case

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) calls on Israel’s Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman to step down following news that Israeli police have recommended he be indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust for offences including use of his office to illicitly provide assistance to alleged sex offender Malka Leifer. 

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