Professor Yehuda Bauer (Image: Stephan Röhl/ Creative Commons)

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”

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar speaks in Gaza city (Image: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Shutterstock)

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.

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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.

The “encampment” at the University of Sydney (Image: X/Twitter)

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.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

Iranian-made drones have wrought havoc in Ukrainian cities (Image: Creative Commons/Twitter)

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.

The “encampment” at the University of Sydney (Image: X/Twitter)

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.

The aftermath of the violent settler attack upon the West Bank town of Jit (Image: X/ Twitter)

AIJAC condemns settler violence in West Bank town of Jit

August 16, 2024 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) strongly condemns the deadly violence by dozens of masked Jewish extremists in the West Bank town of Jit on August 15.

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