The cornerstone of the Greens' foreign policy is to resist "blindly" supporting the US. Pictured: US Ambassador Joe Hockey, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, US Ambassador to Australia Arthur Culvahouse.

Greens foreign policy would make Australia less safe

May 17, 2019 | Naomi Levin

If elected to a position of influence, the Greens’ foreign policy would put Australians at greater risk when facing global security threats.

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As Iran threatens to violate JCPOA, a new report by Harvard experts sheds light on past Iranian deceptions

May 10, 2019 | AIJAC staff

  This week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that Iran would begin openly breaching its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive…

Hamas Cyber HQ after Israel's precision strike on the floors being used (source: ZDnet via IDF)

When terrorist groups add cyber-capabilities to their bombs and bullets

May 10, 2019 | Oved Lobel

If the reports of Hamas targeting vital infrastructure are true, it means Iran has likely sought to pass its formidable knowhow on to the group.

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Swastika: a dangerous cameo actor in the 2019 Australian election

May 10, 2019 | Naomi Levin

The swastika has made an all too frequent appearance during the 2019 Federal Election campaign.

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Campus fiasco highlights the disastrous consequences of Palestinian “anti-normalisation” activism

May 9, 2019 | Judy Maynard

An ideal scenario one would think: the two leading software companies in the Palestinian territories arrive at a Palestinian university to offer jobs to Palestinian students at a time of high unemployment amongst young Palestinians.

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Yom Hazikaron 5779: Sixteen more reasons to grieve

May 7, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro

The four Israelis killed on May 5 in Hamas and Islamic Jihad’s massive rocket barrage and guided anti-tank missile attack increased to 16 the number to be added this year to Israel’s list of over 23,000 fallen to be commemorated for Yom Hazikaron

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‘Aeroterror’ Reborn

May 1, 2019 | Oved Lobel

As Venezuela looks to be descending into civil war, halting ‘Aeroterror’ needs to become a major priority for the US and its allies.

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Turkey and the Iranian-led “Axis of Resistance”

April 24, 2019 | Oved Lobel

Even if the US could repair its alliance with Ankara, an AKP-led Turkey can never be a useful tool for containing, much less rolling back, Iranian expansionism.

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Three decades of terror, racism and genocide come to an end in Sudan. But what comes next?

April 18, 2019 | Oved Lobel

The overthrow of Bashir in Sudan, and Algeria’s Bouteflika shortly before him, is being framed as part of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa. We can only hope they end better this time than they did in 2011.

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Ahron Shapiro on the Israeli election results

April 11, 2019

AIJAC policy analyst Ahron Shapiro examines the preliminary Israeli election results on ABC News Radio.

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New York measles outbreak the result of anti-Vaxxer propaganda, not Jewish religious law

April 11, 2019 | Oved Lobel

It’s important to understand the primary driver of this outbreak is not religious practice and that there is no basis in Jewish law for not getting vaccinated. Rather, this is merely another example of the dangers of the global and conspiratorial “anti-vaxxer” movement.

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Election leaves Netanyahu with easy path to coalition

April 10, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro

With 97 percent of the vote officially counted in yesterday’s Israeli election – despite his Likud party merely tying the Blue and White party as the largest faction in the Knesset – Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been left with the easiest path to form the next government.

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