Media Matters: Smoke and Ire over IHRA
July 30, 2025 | Allon Lee
Of course, the IHRA definition clearly states that “criticism of Israel similar to that levelled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic.” But you wouldn’t necessarily know this if you relied on the bulk of the commentariat favoured by the ABC, Guardian Australia and Nine Newspapers.
The silver anniversary of the silver bullet
July 29, 2025 | Bren Carlill
July 25 marked the 25th anniversary of the breakdown of the Camp David talks, which were supposed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian dispute. The terrible situation in Gaza is a stark reminder of the need for peace. However, if we want to achieve that peace, we need to learn the lessons of Camp David and the last 25 years.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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…
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…
