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.
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.
Sanctions on Israeli ministers unprecedented, smack of double standards
June 11, 2025 | AIJAC staff
The Government’s unprecedented decision to sanction two democratically-elected but controversial ministers in the allied, democratic government of Israel represents a major escalation of the ongoing regrettable trend by the current ALP government of abandoning our long-standing bipartisan tradition of good relations with the Jewish state.
AIJAC condemns deadly shooting of Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington
May 22, 2025
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council deplores the senseless killing of a young Jewish couple in Washington DC.
AIJAC congratulates Labor on its emphatic election victory
May 5, 2025
AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein said, “We congratulate Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his team on retaining government, and look forward to once again working with them constructively in the interests of Australia, including our Australian Jewish community.”
AIJAC saddened by the passing of Rabbi Shalom Coleman
April 28, 2025
The AIJAC Directors and professional team are deeply saddened by the passing of Rabbi Shalom Coleman CBE AM. Rabbi Coleman gave extensive and enduring commitment to the Perth Jewish community and countless organisations from Rotary to the Murdoch University Senate, was a Justice of The Peace and an exemplary chaplain of the ADF.
Australia’s Antisemitism crisis: AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie addresses AJC Global Forum
April 28, 2025
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Executive Manager Joel Burnie joined other diaspora leaders in New York to discuss how Jewish communities around the world are coping in the wake of the October 7, 2023 terror attacks in Israel.
AIJAC expresses condolences on the passing of Pope Francis
April 22, 2025
AIJAC extends its condolences on the death of Pope Francis, a singular spiritual leader. The Pope was a humble and humane spiritual leader with a forthright manner and a deeply compassionate heart, a Jesuit of distinction and a champion of interfaith relationships.
AIJAC mourns Petro Georgiou AO, champion of Australian multiculturalism
April 7, 2025
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) mourns the passing of Petro Georgiou AO, who was a long-standing friend of both the Australian Jewish community and AIJAC in particular, and an esteemed champion of Australian multiculturalism and our nation’s democratic liberal values.
AIJAC deeply disturbed by threats and hateful messages targeting Mosques
March 21, 2025
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today said it was deeply distressed to hear about the recent threats and hateful messages targeting Mosques and Muslim worshippers in Sydney. AIJAC Executive Director Colin Rubenstein said, “Hatred and threats of violence leads to a climate of intimidation and, all too often, actual violence. It’s what the Jewish community has been facing for the last year and a half, and no one wants to see this visited on any other Australians.”
