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Morrison’s Mid-East announcements: the wash-up

November 5, 2018 | Naomi Levin

The dust finally seems to have settled on Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent Middle East announcements and it is now possible to take a clear view.

The Greens reject suggestions that Australia should recognise west Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Till they’re Green in the face

October 19, 2018 | Naomi Levin

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement that Australia would consider recognising west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and east Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state has left Greens senators seething.

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AIJAC congratulates Nadia Murad, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

October 10, 2018 | Sharyn Mittelman

AIJAC congratulates Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad, a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize, for her work “to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.” 

US President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu in New York.

Trump clarifies – he is backing a two-state solution

September 27, 2018 | Naomi Levin

US President Donald Trump has just expressed in clearest terms his support for a two-state peace for Israel and the Palestinians.

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.

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