Jewish community condemnation of settler violence is not new
August 27, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro
A report in the Australian (Aug. 27) about a resolution passed by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry condemning attacks by extremist elements of the settler movement against West Bank Palestinians and their property labelled this decision a “significant step” and quoted members of the Muslim community calling the resolution “unprecedented.”
Iran steps up election interference in the US
August 23, 2024 | Oved Lobel
Amidst alleged ongoing attempts to assassinate former and current American officials and politicians, including former US President and current Republican nominee Donald Trump, it is easy to overlook the Iranian regime’s continued attempts at election interference in the US.
The many Iranians who support Israel and Israelis
July 25, 2024 | Alana Schetzer
Iran’s regime is not representative of all Iranians, and there are many Iranian people who openly express their support for Israel, Israelis and the Jewish diaspora. This is especially so since Hamas’ October 7 terror attacks…
Defying expectations: Silent settlement freeze and outpost demolitions
July 19, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro
Given that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s coalition consists of right-wing or religious parties that are supportive of Israel’s West Bank settlements, it was expected that West Bank settlement activity would increase.
The truth about water in Gaza
July 12, 2024 | Alana Schetzer
One of the many libels hurled against Israel since Hamas started the current war on October 7 is the claim that Israel has weaponised water by deliberately denying its supply to Gazans. This is a falsehood that doesn’t stand up to basic scrutiny.
Médecins Sans Frontières has lost its way
July 3, 2024 | Greg Rose, Tzvi Fleischer
MSF has a history of allowing terrorists to operate with impunity in its facilities, of tolerating and defending terrorist groups and of making highly political public statements, especially with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – far from the ideal of neutral provision of aid.
Sydney University stabbing highlights issues in AIJAC submission on right-wing extremism
July 3, 2024 | Oved Lobel
As the details surrounding the incident become progressively clearer, the stabbing is beginning to look like a textbook case of what AIJAC described in its recent submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee inquiry into right-wing extremist movements in Australia, its previous submission to the Legal and Social Issues Committee’s inquiry into extremism in Victoria as well as in blogposts and articles.
Counting – and miscounting – Gaza aid trucks
June 20, 2024 | Alana Schetzer
The United Nations’ official data on the amount of aid being delivered to Gaza is not only unreliable but consistently undercounts the actual number of trucks going into the Strip.
Did Hamas accept ceasefire proposal? ABC can’t get its story straight
June 6, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro
Unfortunately, ABC TV “News” viewers who watched “News at Noon” shortly afterwards wouldn’t have known that Hamas was the main obstacle [to a ceasefire-for-hostage deal], because host Ros Child’s interviewee on the subject, ABC Global Affairs Editor John Lyons, claimed the opposite.
Iran uses pro-Palestinian students and criminals as proxies
June 5, 2024 | Ran Porat
The lesson from all of this should be clear: The so-called pro-Palestine student movement is in bed with violent, intolerant and reactionary forces – the antisemitic Iranian regime, which uses the students as proxies to spread instability in the West… The next time you see students shouting hateful slogans on campus against Jews and Israel, remember the reactionary and dark forces they are aligned with.
Rafah set to re-open, but aid had already been surging into Gaza without it
May 31, 2024 | Alana Schetzer
Egypt has reportedly finally agreed to reopen the Rafah Crossing in southern Gaza, following a three-week stand-off with Israel and the United States that began after the IDF took control of the crossing on the Gaza side on May 7.
