AIJAC welcomes communications representative on IHRA committee
June 12, 2020 | AIJAC staff
A representative from the Department of Communications will be included in discussions about Australia’s commitment to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), after concerns were raised in Senate Estimates about an article published by the ABC.
AIJAC welcomes finding Leifer fit to stand trial
May 27, 2020 | AIJAC
AIJAC welcomes the decision by an Israeli court to accept the finding of the independent psychiatric panel that Malka Leifer is fit to stand trial in Melbourne and should be required to answer the 74 charges of child abuse that have been levelled against her.
AIJAC files complaint to ABC over radio talkback slur
May 11, 2020 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has registered a complaint to the ABC following the airing of a slur against Jews by a radio talkback caller on the May 3 broadcast of “Australia All Over”.
AIJAC urges Australia to join Germany in banning Hezbollah
May 1, 2020 | AIJAC
AIJAC welcomes the German government decision to join a growing list of countries that proscribe the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist group, and again urges the Australian government to seriously reconsider its stance on the organisation.
AIJAC statement welcoming Israel’s new National Emergency Government
April 21, 2020 | Colin Rubenstein
AIJAC welcomes the establishment of the new national emergency government in Israel to face both the immense challenges of the coronavirus crisis and Israel’s other immediate economic and strategic imperatives.
Opposition Leader Albanese’s Passover message
April 6, 2020
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has greetings to the Jewish community ahead of Pesach (Passover)
PM Morrison’s Passover message
April 6, 2020
At a time when we face great challenges, the festival of Passover has special meaning. This year it has a poignancy with many grandparents and grandchildren not able to be with each other for the Seder.
AIJAC welcomes Australia’s submission to the International Criminal Court
March 19, 2020 | AIJAC
AIJAC today welcomed the Australian Government’s formal submission to the International Criminal Court arguing that the Court does not have territorial jurisdiction to consider the “Situation in the State of Palestine.”
AIJAC statement on Nowra neo-Nazi arrest
March 16, 2020 | AIJAC staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes the news of the arrest of a man plotting a terrorist attack in NSW.
Background to the visit of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to Australia
February 21, 2020
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin arrives in Australia today for a state visit. The Israel Embassy has provided some details on his scheduled program, but here is some additional background material on Rivlin and where his visit fits into the history of Australia-Israel relations.
