AIJAC applauds law allowing IRGC terror listing
November 6, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) applauds the passage of the Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of Terrorism) Bill 2025 on November 6, enabling the Federal Government to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation under Australia’s Criminal Code.
AIJAC thrilled at hostage release
October 16, 2025 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council is thrilled and relieved that the Israel hostages have been released.
AIJAC congratulates MPs Josh Burns and Julian Leeser on the McKinnon Prize
October 10, 2025
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) warmly congratulates both Julian Leeser and Josh Burns for their joint reception of the prestigious McKinnon Prize for excellence in political leadership.
AIJAC applauds NSW Court of Appeal decision to block Oct. 7 celebration at the Opera House
October 9, 2025
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) applauds the unanimous ruling by the NSW Court of Appeal to prohibit provocateurs from holding an anti-Israel march to the Sydney Opera House to celebrate the Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.
AIJAC welcomes news of agreement on first phase of Israel-Hamas peace plan
October 9, 2025 | AIJAC
AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein said, “The Australian Jewish community welcomes the signed agreement by Israel and Hamas to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners very soon and for the withdrawal of Israeli troops to an agreed line. Hopefully the next phases – the end of any Hamas role in Gaza, and the commitment by the international community that Hamas and other terrorist groups are disarmed – will also be agreed upon very soon.”
AIJAC mourns on the anniversary of October 7: “The day our world changed”
October 6, 2025
It truly was the day the world changed for all of us at AIJAC, and indeed for the entire Australian Jewish community, and for Jews around the world.
AIJAC deeply sorrowed by Manchester attack, calls on Australian leaders to pay attention
October 3, 2025
As deep as our sorrow is, it does not come with any sense of surprise. For two years, we have been warning about the consequences of the violent rhetoric that has been emerging from the intersection of the anti-Israel hard left, Islamists and the antisemitic hard right. Our political leaders have often avoided confronting this wave of verbal hatred.
AIJAC hopeful over new 20-point peace plan proposal to end the Gaza war
September 30, 2025 | AIJAC
The main difference between this and previous plans is that this plan is about ending the war, not just pausing it – and it provides a pathway to do so even if Hamas doesn’t agree. Moreover, it has also garnered widespread acceptance by many Arab and Muslim countries as well as heavy investment by the US
AIJAC hails New Zealand’s approach to recognising “Palestine”
September 29, 2025
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today hailed New Zealand ’s announced policy of delaying recognition of a Palestinian state until it can better contribute to a two-state resolution as principled, sensible and firmly “rooted in empirical realities.”
AIJAC deeply disappointed at Government’s counter-productive recognition of a Palestinian state
September 22, 2025 | AIJAC
The Palestinians’ chosen path since 2014 – a stubborn refusal to even negotiate, encouraging, rewarding, and celebrating violence, and indoctrinating its children to hate Israel – will be strengthened by the Government’s morally compromised decision. What is certain is that this decision will not help Israelis and Palestinians achieve peace, and neither will it accelerate the creation of a Palestinian state.
