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AIJAC rejects joint statement on Gaza as “badly misguided and deeply counter-productive”

July 22, 2025 | AIJAC

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today rejected the joint statement by Australia and 27 other Western countries on the “Occupied Palestinian Territories” as badly misguided and deeply counter-productive to the very aims these countries seek.

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AIJAC deeply disappointed by linkage of antisemitism plan decision to upcoming Islamophobia report

July 17, 2025

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today expressed its deep disappointment at statements from Education Minister Jason Clare regarding Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism, apparently linking the Government’s response to it to a forthcoming report on Islamophobia. 

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AIJAC welcomes release of the Antisemitism Envoy’s “Plan to Combat Antisemitism”

July 10, 2025 | AIJAC

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the release of National Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism, announced at a press conference this morning, and called on the Government to adopt the plan in full and implement it “urgently and vigorously”.

Israeli restaurant Miznon targeted by violent anti-Israel protesters in Melbourne on July 4 (image: X/@Holly_Da)

AIJAC welcomes Premier’s statement on antisemitism crisis, but calls for urgent and vigorous enforcement

July 7, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein

It is undeniable that there is a direct line between the incitement we see at the regular anti-Israel protests in the city and the violence that follows, so urgent action must be taken against this incitement and the protest leaders responsible for it.

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AIJAC welcomes finding of 18C breach by Islamic preacher Wissam Haddad

July 1, 2025 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the Federal Court’s finding that Wissam (William) Haddad, also known as Abu Ousayd, knowingly breached Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act in several sermons, by utilising antisemitic language under the guise of religious preaching.

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Honouring Dr Efraim Zuroff, renowned Nazi hunter

July 1, 2025

Like Simon Wiesenthal himself, Efraim’s career is a testament to his uncompromising and unwavering dedication to bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. This passion for justice in the name of both survivors of the Shoah and six million Jewish victims who lacked a voice because they perished at the hands of the Nazis

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AIJAC welcomes Iran-Israel Ceasefire

June 25, 2025 | AIJAC

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, but warned…

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Letter the Age and Sydney Morning Herald refused to publish

June 24, 2025 | AIJAC staff

On June 20, the following letter from AIJAC’s Dr Tzvi Fleischer was sent to both the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald, responding to extreme and factually questionable claims made by Dr Amin Saikal in an article published in both papers that day, titled “Few believe Iran has nuclear weapons. We can’t afford to repeat the Iraq War lie.”

US President Trump announces on June 22: "A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan"

AIJAC applauds American intervention against Iranian nuclear program

June 22, 2025 | AIJAC

The US decision to attack the Fordow and other Iranian nuclear sites is a very welcome development, making the world a better and safer place and underlining the ongoing US commitment to act as a key guarantor of international peace and security.

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AIJAC statement on Israeli campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear program

June 13, 2025 | Colin Rubenstein

AIJAC views the Israeli military actions launched against Iran’s nuclear program this morning as thoroughly justified by both the IAEA finding of Iranian breaches of its Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty obligations this week, and Iran’s blatant aggression against Israel over recent years.

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