AIJAC statement on passage of Israeli legislation to ban UNRWA
October 29, 2024 | AIJAC staff
The Israeli decision to ban UNRWA was an inevitable consequence of the international community’s failure to respond to decades of warnings, backed with overwhelming evidence, that this UN agency was facilitating and inciting terrorism, and had also become a significant barrier to any hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace.
AIJAC mourns towering Holocaust scholar Yehuda Bauer
October 23, 2024 | AIJAC staff
“AIJAC is deeply saddened by the passing of Professor Yehuda Bauer, a towering figure in Holocaust studies for more than half a century”
Statement on the death of Hamas terror mastermind Yahya Sinwar
October 18, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
Sinwar’s death represents a key milestone in the ongoing war to remove Hamas from Gaza. His death will be welcomed by all those who despise the terrorism and death cult he embodied.
AIJAC welcomes new Iran missile sanctions, but calls for more coordination with allies
October 15, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the Government’s belated decision to impose sanctions on five Iranian individuals involved in the regime’s missile program.
AIJAC deeply dismayed at Senate Committee decision not to recommend judicial inquiry into campus antisemitism
October 2, 2024 | AIJAC staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) is deeply dismayed by the decision of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee not to recommend a judicial inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities.
AIJAC condemns latest Iranian aggression against Israel
October 2, 2024 | AIJAC
AIJAC completely condemns Iran’s 180-plus ballistic missile strike on Israel overnight. We welcome criticism of the attack by members of the Federal Government and call on it to be unequivocal in its support of Israel in the wake of this blatant aggression.
AIJAC calls for better enforcement of Australia’s laws against supporting listed terrorist groups
October 1, 2024 | AIJAC staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has called on law enforcement agencies to improve their enforcement of existing laws against offering support to listed terrorist groups as well as laws against the public display of prohibited terrorist organisation symbols.
AIJAC extremely disappointed in Australia’s abstention on UN resolution
September 19, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
AIJAC is extremely disappointed by Australia’s abstention on yesterday’s UN General Assembly resolution demanding Israel completely pull out of the West Bank and Gaza within one year, noting the Australian Government should have voted “no” if it is genuinely committed to… supporting a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace.
AIJAC calls on Government to follow allies and sanction Iran over missile exports to Russia
September 13, 2024
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today called on the Federal Government to emulate its US and European allies and partners in announcing sanctions on individuals and entities related to Iran’s recent provision of ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine.
AIJAC welcomes Federal Government announcement of National Student Ombudsman
September 9, 2024 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed the announcement by Federal Education Minister Jason Clare that he would be introducing legislation to Parliament to establish a National Student Ombudsman who could take complaints about antisemitism at universities, among other matters.
