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.
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 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.