Former ABC Jerusalem-based producer Fouad Abu Ghosh (Image: Nancy Rosenbaum/ Flickr)

AIJAC welcomes announcement controversial producer is no longer employed by ABC

February 15, 2023 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed ABC Managing Director David Anderson’s announcement in Senate Estimates yesterday that its veteran Jerusalem-based producer Fouad Abu Ghosh was no longer working for the public broadcaster.

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AIJAC condemns deadly Jerusalem terror attack

January 28, 2023 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council expressed its revulsion and horror at the terrorist attack in which seven people were murdered and several others wounded outside a synagogue in Jerusalem.

NSW premier Dominic Perrottet apologises for wearing a Nazi uniform to his 21st birthday "fancy dress" party (screenshot)

AIJAC’s statement on the Perrottet Nazi uniform controversy

January 13, 2023 | AIJAC

Dominic Perrottet’s decision, as a 21 year old, to wear a Nazi uniform as “fancy dress” was not just poor judgement, but wrong and offensive. The multiple crimes against humanity committed by the Nazis, most notably the Holocaust, should never be trivialised. The costume was a serious mistake, for which the Premier has appropriately and sincerely apologised. 

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UN referral of Israel to International Court of Justice ‘odious’, Australian ‘no’ vote commended

January 3, 2023 | AIJAC

The UN General Assembly vote on December 30 to refer Israel’s ‘occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian territory’ to the International Court of Justice for an advisory opinion was as predictable as it was odious.

 Likud leader and former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the President's Residence in Jerusalem. Credit: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa/Alamy Live News

AIJAC congratulates Binyamin Netanyahu on formation of new Israeli government

December 23, 2022 | AIJAC

The formation of the government was announced on Wednesday after more than six weeks of intensive negotiations between the various parties following the election on November 1.

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AIJAC welcomes announcement of Ralph King as new Ambassador to Israel

December 21, 2022 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today welcomed the announcement that career diplomat Ralph King will be appointed as…

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AIJAC welcomes Albanese Government’s new sanctions on Iran, calls for more

December 12, 2022 | AIJAC staff, Colin Rubenstein

AIJAC has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision on Friday, Dec. 9 to belatedly impose autonomous sanctions on Iranian human rights abusers, including Iran’s Basij and morality police, as well as on Iranian individuals and entities involved in the provision of loitering munitions for Russia’s war in Ukraine.  

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AIJAC Condemns Jerusalem Terror Attacks

November 24, 2022 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) condemned those responsible for the November 23 twin terror attacks which killed 16-year-old Aryeh Shechopek, who was on his way to school, and injured 22 others, some seriously.

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After Israeli vote, AIJAC expresses hope for period of stable government

November 3, 2022 | AIJAC

“Regardless of one’s political opinion, it is to be hoped that, after the last four years of repeatedly deadlocked election outcomes and two shaky and short-lived governments, Israel can now have an extended period of stable government under a coalition with a solid Knesset majority.”

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AIJAC welcomes establishment of IHRA Parliamentary Friendship Group

October 28, 2022 | AIJAC

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has warmly welcomed the creation of the Parliamentary Friends of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), which was officially launched at the Federal Parliament in Canberra yesterday.

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