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Campus fiasco highlights the disastrous consequences of Palestinian “anti-normalisation” activism
An ideal scenario one would think: the two leading software companies in the Palestinian territories arrive at a Palestinian university to offer jobs to Palestinian students at a time of high unemployment amongst young Palestinians.
Read MoreYom Hazikaron 5779: Sixteen more reasons to grieve
The four Israelis killed on May 5 in Hamas and Islamic Jihad’s massive rocket barrage and guided anti-tank missile attack increased to 16 the number to be added this year to Israel’s list of over 23,000 fallen to be commemorated for Yom Hazikaron
Read MoreAIJAC condemns latest Hamas rocket attacks on Israel
In the wake of the nearly 700 rockets fired into Israel over the weekend, killing 4 and injuring dozens of Israelis, the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today condemned Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for their “callous, obscene contempt for human life”
Read MoreMaking mates with radicals bad look for Greens
You can tell a lot about people from the company they keep. That is certainly the case with the Australian Greens who have spent this term of Parliament in the company of some real extremists – both physically and in cyberspace.
Read More‘Aeroterror’ Reborn
As Venezuela looks to be descending into civil war, halting ‘Aeroterror’ needs to become a major priority for the US and its allies.
Read MoreAIJAC Statement on the Synagogue shooting in San Diego
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) is horrified by the shooting at the Chabad Poway Synagogue in San Diego, in which one person, Lori Gilbert-Kaye z”l, was murdered and three other innocent people suffered injuries requiring hospitalisation.
Read MoreTurkey and the Iranian-led “Axis of Resistance”
Even if the US could repair its alliance with Ankara, an AKP-led Turkey can never be a useful tool for containing, much less rolling back, Iranian expansionism.
Read MoreAIJAC expresses horror at the murderous terrorism in Sri Lanka
No words are sufficient to convey our horror at the murderous terrorism in Sri Lanka, in which hundreds of innocent children, men and women in prayer were among those who had their lives taken in almost unparalleled acts of barbarism.
Read MoreToe to Toe
AIJAC submitted a series of 12 policy questions to the campaigns of both Prime Minister Scott Morrison, leading the Liberal-National Coalition, and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, leading the Australian Labor Party (ALP), to help our readers and supporters make an informed decision as they go to the polls on May 18.
Read MoreThree decades of terror, racism and genocide come to an end in Sudan. But what comes next?
The overthrow of Bashir in Sudan, and Algeria’s Bouteflika shortly before him, is being framed as part of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa. We can only hope they end better this time than they did in 2011.
Read MoreEhud Yaari on the Israeli election [audio]
Tom Switzer’s interview with the always insightful and well-informed Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari about the outcome of the Israeli election and PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s next term in office, broadcast on ABC Radio National’s “Between the Lines” 18 April 2019.
Read MoreAIJAC welcomes opening of Australia’s new Trade and Defence Office in Jerusalem
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the opening of a new Australian Trade and Defence Office in Jerusalem.
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