A protest in response to the death in detention of Mahsa Amini by Iran's morality police in Tehran (Image: Tolga Ildun/ Shutterstock)

Diaspora Iranians hope for more attention to the plight of the Iranian people

July 24, 2025 | Alana Schetzer

What are Iranians saying in the aftermath of the highly successful Israeli and US military strikes against the Iranian regime’s illegal nuclear weapons program, including the elimination of multiple top military commanders?

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An AIJAC letter the Sydney Morning Herald refused to publish

July 14, 2025 | AIJAC staff

In “Five Minutes with Fitz” (July 6) Melissa Parke says Iran was cooperating with nuclear inspectors prior to Israel’s strikes, and US intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assessed Iran wasn’t developing a nuclear weapon.

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Myths and Facts about Settler violence

July 10, 2025 | Alana Schetzer

No one should deny that settler violence is real. Moreover, there is good reason to urge the Israeli government and authorities to do more to ensure that the relatively small number of settlers responsible – generally estimated to be no more than a few hundred out of a settler population of some 450,000 – are caught and prosecuted. But one does not have to share Regavim’s pro-settler agenda to see that the numbers being used in most media reports on the subject, derived from UN data, amount to a complete misrepresentation of the reality of this phenomenon.

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Israeli defence technology the rising star of Operation Rising Lion

July 8, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Israel’s 12-day aerial war with Iran between June 13 and June 24 – known in Israel by the name “Operation Rising Lion” – was a remarkably successful campaign in many ways, beginning with the opening strike that eliminated five groups of targets across the country almost simultaneously.

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Weekend Hebrew media update: Gaza, Iran and Israel

June 27, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Following the apparent conclusion of the 12-day Israel-Iran war, AIJAC once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli media as some weekend reading.

Targeted Israeli strikes in Teheran (Source: Heute.at)

Inside Israel’s strike on Iran: The intelligence coups that made it possible

June 27, 2025 | Ilan Evyatar

According to Israeli sources, planning for the strike formally began in late 2024 – at the height of the war with Hezbollah – when Israeli intelligence recognised a convergence of opportunity, urgency and readiness

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – Were the goals achieved?

June 25, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli…

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – Will the ceasefire hold?

June 24, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli…

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – US joins the fight

June 23, 2025

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli…

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion – Soroka Hospital struck

June 19, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli…

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion: June 18, 2025

June 18, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews, fresh analysis and commentary from Hebrew Israeli media.

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War Update: Operation Rising Lion: June 17, 2025

June 17, 2025 | Ahron Shapiro

Today’s AIJAC Iran war update once again brings you rare and exclusive interviews and analysis from both the English and Hebrew Israeli media, along with a glimpse into the lives of Israelis under missile attack.

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