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Morrison, Shorten welcome 70 years of diplomatic relations with Israel
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the statements made in the Commonwealth Parliament today by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten marking 70 years of Australia’s diplomatic relations with Israel.
Read MoreInvestigate any alleged interference in Malka Leifer extradition case
AIJAC is deeply troubled by reports of alleged wrongdoing by Israel’s Deputy Health Minister regarding the extradition case of accused sex offender Malka Leifer, indicted for numerous offences in Victoria.
Read MoreHezbollah is active here and should be banned
There is strong evidence that Hezbollah is active in Australia – in the local criminal underworld and from the pulpits of some mosques.
Read MoreThe key to Middle East peace is getting Palestinians to say ‘yes’
Slavish conformism to conventional wisdom has done practically nothing to resolve the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel, trapping the sides in a stalemate for decades.
Read MoreVenezuela’s much depleted Jewish community – waiting and hoping
While of course events in Venezuela are still very much up in the air, for a community long in decline, there is today new reason to hope, however warily, for Venezuela’s Jews.
Read MoreMahathir’s rantings can’t poison Paralympics
Call off the search. For its display of rare global moral leadership, Time Magazine’s 2019 “Person of the Year” award should unquestionably go to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Read MoreIsrael election campaign update
In an update to our January 11 blog kicking off Israel’s election season ahead of polling day on April 9, AIJAC tracks recent developments in the various campaigns. Likud holds its party primary Of principal interest are the preliminary results of the February 5 primary for the Knesset list of the ruling Likud party, which…
Read MoreEquality still a mirage for too many women
There were a few double-takes recently when United Arab Emirates Vice President Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum took to social media to congratulate the winners of his country’s gender equality award. Why? All the winners were men.
Read MoreEuropa Europa: Hatred in the air
The gilets jaunes are, apparently, leaderless and their grievances largely inchoate, apart from their obsession with antisemitic sloganeering. The movement was sparked by an increase in fuel tax, but nothing seems capable of assuaging their anger
Read MoreChaos Left and Right, as legal questions loom
Considering that Netanyahu is presiding over all this while 69 and healthy, with no obvious challenger on the Israeli political scene, one might have expected his grip on power to be unshakeable. It isn’t.
Read MoreThe Ayatollah’s followers down-under
A number of Shi’ite clerics in Australia, graduates of the Iranian regime’s leading religious institutions, are zealously spreading the extreme theological ideas of Iranian regime founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his pupils.
Read MoreAustralian women’s march rallies set an example for the US
The focus of the Australian Women’s March rallies is something which could inspire the US Women’s March, Inc. which has been embroiled by controversy and infighting.
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