AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu

AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler meets with Israeli PM Netanyahu

November 7, 2016

AIJAC National Chairman Mark Leibler AC met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu last week in a meeting in which Netanyahu expressed his delight that he will soon be visiting Australia as a guest of the Australian government, the first visit to Australia by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister.

Statement: Decision on QUT 18C case

November 7, 2016

In regard to the Federal Court decision to strike out the Section 18C case involving three QUT students, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein has made the following statement…

Israeli strategic experts to speak in Melbourne

Israeli strategic experts to speak in Melbourne, Sydney

October 11, 2016

AIJAC, in partnership with its co-sponsors, is proud to present three Israeli strategic experts in Melbourne and Sydney:

EHUD YA’ARI – Influential foreign affairs analyst, veteran Middle East commentator for Israel’s Channel 2 news

PROF. EFRAIM INBAR – Professor of Political Studies and Director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Centre for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel

MAJ.-GEN. YA’AKOV AMIDROR – Distinguished IDF veteran and a former national security adviser to Israeli PM Netanyahu

AIJAC statement on the maiden speech of Pauline Hanson and other One Nation senators

AIJAC statement on the maiden speech of Pauline Hanson and other One Nation senators

September 16, 2016 | AIJAC staff

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today criticised the maiden speech of Senator Pauline Hanson, made Wednesday, in which she said Australia is “in danger of being swamped by Muslims, who bear a culture and ideology that is incompatible with our own”, as well as statements by other members of her One Nation party.

AIJAC mourns the passing of the Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC

AIJAC mourns the passing of the Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC

July 26, 2016

AIJAC mourns the passing of the Honourable Alan Goldberg AO QC, and extends our deepest and heartfelt sympathy to his family.

Nice Condolence Statement

Nice Condolence Statement

July 15, 2016 | Colin Rubenstein

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) extends our deepest sympathies to the nation of France and to all those who lost families and friends in the monstrous attack in Nice….

Pauline Hanson “has declared war on tolerance”

Pauline Hanson “has declared war on tolerance”, say Jeremy Jones and Colin Rubenstein

July 6, 2016 | AIJAC

“Racism and bigotry is always unacceptable, and it is additionally repugnant when espoused by an elected member of parliament,” Jeremy Jones AM, Director of International and of Community Affairs of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council said today.

Passing of Elie Wiesel

Passing of Elie Wiesel

July 5, 2016 | AIJAC

“Elie Wiesel was a remarkable, inspirational thinker, leader and activist, and his passing is a tremendous loss to humanity”, Jeremy Jones AM, Director of International and of Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, said today.

AIJAC Condemns Mosque Attacks

AIJAC Condemns Mosque Attacks

June 30, 2016

Every Australian should be alarmed by the two recent anti-Islamic hate crimes near Perth. These deplorable incidents included the firebombing of a vehicle and spray-painting vile graffiti outside a mosque at an Islamic school and the placement of a pig’s head outside another mosque.

AIJAC "profoundly saddened and utterly outraged" by terrorist mass-murder in Orlando

AIJAC “profoundly saddened and utterly outraged” by terrorist mass-murder in Orlando

June 14, 2016

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council expresses its profound sadness and utter outrage at the murder of dozens people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday.

The terrorist murders in the gay nightclub were reportedly committed by a single gunman, Omar Mateen. Mateen pledged loyalty to the Islamic State and is understood to have also acted out of anti-LGBT bigotry.

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