Statement: Deadly antisemitic attack in Belgium

Statement: Deadly antisemitic attack in Belgium

May 26, 2014

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council mourns the victims of the murderous attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels on the weekend and joins prayers for the full and speedy recovery of the wounded.

“Our first thoughts are with the victims and their families and we hope that effective actions by authorities in Belgium and across Europe will prevent the possibility of the recurrence of such vile, violent action,” Jeremy Jones AM, AIJAC Director of International and of Community Affairs, said today.

Statement on former Foreign Minister Carr’s recent comments

April 11, 2014

AIJAC has had good relations with former Foreign Minister Bob Carr over many years and are puzzled and disappointed by his strange claims that Australian foreign policy under the previous government was under the sway of the “extraordinary influence” of a Melbourne based pro-Israel lobby – apparently a reference primarily to AIJAC. It is frankly sad when an elected official imagines that disagreement with their policy position must stem from malicious influences.

Statement on government's "exposure draft" of proposed changes to 18C

Statement on government’s “exposure draft” of proposed changes to 18C

March 25, 2014 | Colin Rubenstein

AIJAC is disappointed by the exposure draft of the Freedom of Speech (Repeal of S. 18C) Bill 2014 released by Attorney-General George Brandis today. In his bid to balance freedom of speech with the right of Australian citizens to go about their lives with dignity and free from racial harassment and vilification, it is our view that the Attorney-General has gone too far and failed to adequately safeguard the latter important rights and values…

Employment opportunity - Policy Analyst/Staff Writer

Employment opportunity – Policy Analyst/Staff Writer

February 25, 2014

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), Australia’s leading professional Jewish public affairs organisation, is seeking a self motivated individual with a keen interest in public policy issues important to the Jewish community…

Statement on Four Corners/The Australian report

Statement on Four Corners/The Australian report

February 12, 2014

AIJAC is appalled by the intellectually weak and fundamentally misleading collaboration between the ABC and the Australian, “Stone Cold Justice”, which aired on the February 10 edition of “4Corners”.

The basic claim in this unbalanced and misleading quasi-documentary is that Israel has a new policy of deliberately targetting Palestinian children for judicial abuse and to intimidate them into acting against their own friends and families. Viewers were expected to abandon critical faculties and accept that every word spoken by Palestinians was true, despite a long documented history of Palestinian distortions and fabrications against Israel, and that every counter claim by Israelis should be dismissed. 

Ehud Yaari to speak in Melbourne and Sydney

Ehud Yaari to speak in Melbourne and Sydney

February 6, 2014

AIJAC is proud to present upcoming speaking appearances in Melbourne and Sydney by Israel’s most authoritative and influential foreign affairs analyst, Ehud Yaari.

Yaari is a veteran Middle East commentator for Israel’s Channel 2 news, has written eight books on the Israeli-Arab conflict and has won top prizes for journalism in Israel.

AIJAC mourns the passing of Prof. Barry Rubin

AIJAC mourns the passing of Prof. Barry Rubin

February 6, 2014

AIJAC mourns the untimely passing of Prof. Barry Rubin, who we were proud to have worked with many times over the years.

Barry was a friend to our organisation, both on the professional and personal level. As one of AIJAC’s most popular visiting speakers and contributors to the Australia/Israel Review, he also developed warm, mutual ties with the Australian Jewish community at large.

Statement: Death of Ariel Sharon

Statement: Death of Ariel Sharon

January 12, 2014

Ariel Sharon was a towering figure throughout Israel’s history and made powerful, unique contributions to the development of the Jewish State, both as an outstanding, heroic soldier and a transformative, respected – if at times controversial – political figure.

Boldness, bravery and capability were his hallmarks in both roles.

Jeremy Jones speaks at inaugural World Culture Forum

Jeremy Jones speaks at inaugural World Culture Forum

December 4, 2013

Jeremy Jones, AIJAC’s Director of International and Community Affairs, was one of a small, select group of podium speakers at the inaugural World Culture Forum (WCF), an event eight years in the planning which host country Indonesia plans on making an equivalent to the Davos World Economic Forum (WEF).

US counter-terrorism expert Dr. Matthew Levitt to speak in Sydney

US counter-terrorism expert Dr. Matthew Levitt to speak in Sydney

November 19, 2013

In partnership with the Central Synagogue and the Zionist Council of NSW, AIJAC is proud to present Dr. Matthew Levitt, Director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence; formerly an FBI counterterrorism analyst; and adviser on counterterrorism to the US State Department.

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