French UNIFIL troops on patrol in southern Lebanon in April 2015 (image: Sebastian Castelier/ Shutterstock)

UNIFIL, the LAF and the myth of Lebanese sovereignty

November 13, 2024 | Oved Lobel

The idea that UNIFIL will suddenly be able to assist the LAF in doing what it has always been inherently incapable of doing, and in the name of an illusory “Government of Lebanon”, recalls that famous definition of insanity. Any proposed diplomatic solution to the current war based on the fatally flawed formula of 1701 is doomed to fail.

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“Backbone”? UNRWA delivers just 13% of the aid in Gaza

November 8, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

In Senate Estimates on November 7, Foreign Minister Penny Wong doubled down on her Government’s commitment to support the UN’s dedicated Palestinian agency UNRWA as the conduit for humanitarian aid for Gaza. In doing so, she  parrotted the UN Security Council’s recent statement that UNRWA is the “backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza”.

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Malaysia’s recalcitrant antisemitism

November 8, 2024 | Allon Lee

No one in Malaysian politics ever suffered reputational damage for expressing antisemitic or extreme anti-Israel opinions. Quite the opposite, in fact.

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Gaza polio clinic blast coverage a classic case of ABC bias

November 7, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

The welfare of children in a war zone is a sensitive and emotionally loaded subject, which is why the care journalists must use to report accurately and responsibly on stories that involve them is that much greater. Yet the ABC failed to meet the appropriate standards as outlined in its charter regarding a story revolving around this topic last weekend

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The secret history of  UNIFIL’s relationship with Hezbollah

November 6, 2024 | Alana Schetzer

Since the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) began its ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on October 1, it has started to uncover the scale on which the terrorist organisation was operating directly under the eyes of the United Nations (UN).

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Report: Approvals for West Bank settlement expansion ‘stuck’

November 4, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

Over the past year, AIJAC research has shown that new construction in Israel’s West Bank settlements languishes at a historic…

Syrians celebrate the demise of Hassan Nasrallah (Image: X/ Hamdi Rifai)

The Syrian town that Hezbollah almost starved to death

October 16, 2024 | Alana Schetzer

Israel’s assassination of some of the most senior leaders of the Hezbollah terror group, including its chief Hassan Nasrallah, was mourned by millions of Shi’ite Muslims and quietly celebrated by even larger numbers of Sunni Arabs. But for one group of people in a small mountain town in Syria, the elimination of Hezbollah’s senior leadership was especially sweet.

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October 7 commemoration in Melbourne

October 8, 2024 | AIJAC

We reflect, pray, and mourn those we lost on and since October 7.

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IDF, Shin Bet launch major operation in northern West Bank

August 28, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

There has been an alarming escalation of security threats from the northern West Bank in recent months.

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The UN continues to ignore Israeli victims of terrorism

August 28, 2024 | Justin Amler

In the entrance hall to the United Nations in New York, there’s an exhibition reminding those visitors of the victims of terrorist attacks from around the world. But among the many exhibits of attacks, including those in New York, Boston and in Kenya, there’s one glaringly obvious group that is missing.

The aftermath of the violent settler attack upon the West Bank town of Jit (Image: X/ Twitter)

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.”

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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.

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