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, 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
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
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
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”, 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
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
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
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.
Statement on Tel Aviv Terror Attack
June 9, 2016
The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council mourns the four victims of the murderous attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market on Wednesday 8 June and joins prayers for the full and speedy recovery of the wounded.
We condemn in the strongest terms this senseless act of terror against innocent victims who were simply dining at a cafe – murdered merely because they were Israeli Jews.
