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.
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…
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)
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.
Terror beneath the sea
June 18, 2018 | Ahron Shapiro and AIJAC Staff
Since its bloody takeover of the Gaza strip in 2007, Hamas has been busy digging. This underground effort was not supposed to ameliorate the lives of the Strip’s two million residents by building infrastructure, expanding irrigation, taking care of sewage or looking for cleaner water sources.
After Abbas
June 13, 2018 | Sharyn Mittelman
Rumours abound about Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ ill health following repeated hospital stays. With Abbas in his 80s, the end of his leadership is fast approaching. Key questions are who will replace him and will there be an orderly succession or a violent upheaval?
Hamas rolls out new terror innovation: the “Molotov kite”
June 8, 2018 | Ahron Shapiro and AIJAC Staff
Hamas has a new tool in its terror arsenal: Flaming kites, which have caused millions of dollars of damage to Israeli farms and forests.
Russia-Israel deal in Syria: Sign of growing tensions between the two backers of the Assad regime, Russia and Iran
June 7, 2018 | Gabrielle Burack
Last week, it was announced that Russia and Israel have reached an agreement to keep Iranian forces away from Israel’s border with Syria. Israel has long seen an Iranian presence along its northern border with Syria as a significant threat – not least because it allows the potential for rocket fire into Israel from Syria of the sort that occurred on May 10, sparking a major clash.
Randa Abdel-Fattah’s claims on ABC-TV’s “Q&A”: A fisking
June 4, 2018 | Oved Lobel
On ABC TV’s “Q&A” on May 21, panellist Randa Abdel-Fattah, an Australian writer of Egyptian-Palestinian background, made a series of false or misleading allegations against Israel. While some of the other panelists disagreed with her on some of her points, particularly Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan, they were repeatedly cut off by program host Tony Jones. In any event, many of her allegations were left unchallenged and are in need of correction for the public record.
So here’s AIJAC’s “fisking” of Ms. Abdel-Fattah’s claims.
Australian aid to Palestinians – where does it go?
June 1, 2018 | Naomi Levin
With the announcement this week that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has sought assurances from Palestinian leaders that Australian aid is being appropriately directed, it is a good time to look more comprehensively at Australia’s Palestinian aid program.
Australian expert sets the record straight on “proportionality” in conflict
June 1, 2018 | Naomi Levin
Those who still misuse the legal concept of proportionality would do well to listen to James Larsen, chief legal officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), and previously an Australian ambassador in Israel and subsequently in Turkey.
