UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with newly appointed UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet.

Could Bachelet and Bishop help reform the UN Human Rights Council?

August 17, 2018 | Naomi Levin

The newly appointed United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is a Companion of the Order of Australia and led a government described by the Israeli media as “the most Jewish government in the world” outside of Israel. She also has a challenge on her hands.

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Audio: AIJAC’s Naomi Levin on Israel’s Nation-state law

August 10, 2018

AIJAC policy analyst Naomi Levin was interviewed for a report on Radio 2SER about Israel’s controversial new Nation-State law.

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The Other Tunnels: Hamas, Egypt and Islamic State in Sinai

August 10, 2018 | Oved Lobel

Although not in the headlines quite as often as the “terror tunnels” Hamas and associated terrorist groups in the Gaza strip construct into Israel to kill or kidnap soldiers and civilians, the subterranean tunnel economy between Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt is just as important and just as dangerous.

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Quick Facts About the Major Outbreak of Violence Between Israel and Gaza Over the Last 24 Hours

August 9, 2018 | AIJAC

Over 170 rockets and mortars have been fired by Hamas and other terrorist groups into Israel over the past 24 hours

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Russia, Israel and the Trump-Putin Summit

July 20, 2018 | Sharyn Mittelman

The meeting in Helsinki between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been surrounded by controversy…  However, the two leaders were also apparently able to discuss some mutual interests, including a common concern for the security of Israel

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New revelations from Iran’s nuclear archive: Iran was closer to a bomb than suspected, Rouhani was personally involved

July 19, 2018 | AIJAC staff

Over the past few days, the New York Times, Washington Post and other major international news outlets have published  additional significant information that Israel has publicly revealed drawn from the vast trove of Iranian nuclear documents

Australian aid will now go directly to a UN humanitarian fund, rather than into the PA budget.

Palestinians’ desperate, undiplomatic response to Bishop

July 12, 2018 | Naomi Levin

The official Palestinian response to the Australian Government’s decision to redirect $10 million in foreign aid to the Palestinians has been undiplomatic, to say the least.

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Will international pressure end “pay for slay?”

July 11, 2018 | Gabrielle Burack

A new trend of legislation against the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) “Pay for Slay” – the PA Government’s “martyr funding” program – is under way.

Iranians protesting outside a bazaar.

Iranians declare ‘Palestine and Syria are making us miserable!’

July 5, 2018 | AIJAC staff

Recent anger in Iran is mostly fuelled by the Government’s years-long failure to salvage the crippled economy.

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A Changing UN General Assembly?: UN condemns use of human shields

July 3, 2018 | Gabrielle Burack

On June 26, the UN General Assembly, in a first, amended its Global Counter Terrorism Strategy to condemn the use of…

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Problems adding up for Australian aid to Palestinian Territories

June 29, 2018 | Naomi Levin

As things currently stand, there are doubts over the integrity of three separate Australian-funded development programs in the Palestinian Territories. There are also long-term concerns over funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

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PA Agrees – Iran behind Gaza border violence

June 19, 2018 | Oved Lobel

The Palestinian battle against Israel has almost always been intrinsically linked to external powers, and the ongoing Hamas-directed violent riots along the Gaza security fence are no exception.

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