Iran’s revealing submission to the Australian parliament
November 23, 2022 | Oved Lobel
It is unclear whether this submission reflects a total lack of self-awareness by the Islamic Republic about how hideous its behaviour appears domestically and internationally, or whether it is a deliberate attempt to mock Australia’s stance and inquiry. Either way, the Iranian submission to Australia’s inquiry is itself a strong argument for serious sanctions against Iran.
In Israel’s election, wasted votes were PM Lapid bloc’s undoing
November 4, 2022 | Ahron Shapiro
With the announcement late on November 3 of the final vote count for Israel’s November 1 national election, Israeli Opposition…
Terrorism impact a wildcard in Israeli elections
October 31, 2022 | Ahron Shapiro
With the last polling before tomorrow Israel’s national election showing a dead heat between caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid-led centre-left…
Factsheet: The “Lions’ Den” terror group
October 28, 2022 | AIJAC staff
The “Lions’ Den” is a terrorist group of a few dozen armed Palestinians operating from Nablus in the northern West Bank.
What to do as Iran ups the ante in Ukraine
October 27, 2022 | Oved Lobel
The IRGC reportedly finalised a deal in Moscow on Sept. 18 to transfer hundreds of Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar ballistic missiles, with respective ranges of 300km and 700km, to Russia, something confirmed to Reuters by senior Iranian officials. Iran’s Moscow airlift since the start of the war has seen at least 68 Iranian cargo flights flying to Russia to date.
“We have no reason to be enemies”: Israeli women in solidarity with the Iranian protest movement
October 27, 2022 | Tammy Reznik
Whilst it may not be surprising in today’s post #METOO era to see women around the world rallying together against the oppressive state of Iran, the support coming out of Israel, a country that is not recognised as a legitimate one by Iran, is by no means insignificant.
Iranian Lies Matter
October 25, 2022 | Ran Porat
Australia has a clear national interest in supporting increased pressure on Teheran – both as a message to the freedom-aspiring Iranian people, and as a way to hold accountable their oppressors for their serial human rights violations, their illegal nuclear weapons program, their rogue behaviour and the miasma of lies that facilitates all three.
IDF: No Israeli involvement in Palestinian boy’s death
October 12, 2022 | Ahron Shapiro
On October 7, the IDF announced the outcome of its investigation into the tragic death of a seven-year-old Palestinian boy Rayan Yasser…
Western Silence on Iran’s Material Support for Russia is Deafening
October 4, 2022 | Oved Lobel
Nobody seems willing to respond seriously to global Iranian aggression, especially its active participation in the most serious challenge to international order in decades, even when Tehran is economically weakened, its terrorism apparatus degraded and, most importantly, doesn’t have a nuclear weapon. Imagine what the world will be like when it does.
A Tale of Two Speeches: Yair Lapid and Mahmoud Abbas at the UN General Assembly
September 30, 2022 | Oved Lobel
Whatever happens in the Israeli election November 1, it will clearly not change the current impasse as long as people devoted to the myths and extremism on display in Abbas’ speech continue to dominate the Palestinian leadership.
