Time for Australia to list the IRGC as a terrorist group
January 5, 2023 | Oved Lobel
Instead of simply playing catch-up with our allies, Australia should take the proactive step of acting to list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code.
Antisemitism scandal erupts around another UN Human Rights Council official
December 16, 2022 | Justin Amler
Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council to investigate the human rights situation in the “occupied Palestinian territories” wants us to believe she is an unbiased, impartial observer… [But] her past social media posts which appear to spread classical antisemitic tropes have gotten in the way.
Apparent mass amnesia at Brighton Secondary College hearing
December 6, 2022 | Tammy Reznik
The five ex-students claimed to have been the victims of antisemitic harassment, both verbal and physical, as well as threats to their safety on and off school grounds and via online platforms. They allege that the school, its principal and some teachers tolerated a culture of antisemitism and were negligent in their duty to protect their student
The Russo-Iranian alliance comes to Europe
December 1, 2022 | Oved Lobel
The idea that a wedge could ever be driven between Russia and Iran, in Syria or anywhere else, has been tested for decades and proved definitively false. The historical pattern and the breadth and depth of Russo-Iranian cooperation in every sphere demonstrates quite clearly that there’s no quid pro quo and that the relationship is not transactional.
UN nuclear watchdog head’s shocking statement on Iran
November 30, 2022 | Ran Porat
Australia must act now and stand up against Iran. There is no more time to waste.
The World Cup and Qatar’s Hypocrisy
November 30, 2022 | Judy Maynard
For the many others throughout the world who would prefer to see sport and politics kept separate, at the 2022 World Cup, thanks to Qatar, this remains but a dream.
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…
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.
