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…

Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA  released a statement mourning the loss of an employee, who was also a member of the PFLP terrorist group.

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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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.

Abbas in hospital, flanked by his two sons (image via Facebook)

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"

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-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.

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