AIJAC calls for Australia to follow Canada and list the IRGC as a terrorist organisation
June 20, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
The Government claims that as a state entity, the IRGC is not covered by the terrorist organisation provisions in the Criminal Code. But as we have repeatedly said, if current laws prevent the IRGC’s listing under the current Criminal Code, then amend the legislation. This is what the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee proposed in February 2023 when it recommended listing the IRGC.
AIJAC appalled by attack on the electorate office of Josh Burns
June 19, 2024
AIJAC is appalled by the attack on the electorate office of Josh Burns last night – a further escalation of the campaign of political violence against our elected representatives by extremist pro-Palestinian thugs. Moreover, the claim that Burns was targeted because he is a ‘Zionist’ only underlines the clearly antisemitic overtones of this particular attack.
AIJAC expresses appreciation to PM, Leader of the Opposition, for bipartisan stance against extremism and antisemitism
June 6, 2024 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today expressed its appreciation to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton for their strong bipartisan statements yesterday condemning the extremism and antisemitism which has been afflicting the Australian community
AIJAC commends Julian Leeser’s bill to establish an “Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities”
June 4, 2024 | AIJAC staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today commended Liberal MP Julian Leeser’s private member’s bill proposing the establishment of an “Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities”, introduced to Federal Parliament yesterday. AIJAC also called on political leaders on both sides of the aisle to support it.
AIJAC expresses concern over politicisation and misrepresentation of International Court of Justice
May 26, 2024 | AIJAC staff
It is in Australia’s national interests that the international judicial system maintains a reputation for impartial justice and forms part of a system that enhances international security and encourages the peaceful settlement of international disputes. The lawfare represented by the South African case against Israel on behalf of Hamas, and the ICJ’s complicity in it, undermines all these paramount interests. It is time that the Australian Government says as much.
AIJAC welcomes Ansar Allah terrorism listing
May 24, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) welcomes today’s announcement of the listing of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, as a terrorist organisation under the Criminal Code. This brings us in line with our US allies, which re-listed the organisation in January.
AIJAC strongly condemns International Criminal Court arrest warrant requests for Israeli leaders
May 21, 2024 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has strongly condemned the decision by International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan to request arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
AIJAC condemns Australia’s UN vote on ‘Palestine’ as “profoundly disappointing”
May 11, 2024 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) today condemned Australia’s vote to upgrade the status of the “State of Palestine” at the UN General Assembly yesterday as “profoundly disappointing” and “totally contrary to our long-standing bipartisan national commitment to a negotiated two-state peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”
AIJAC calls on Government to join coordinated international efforts against Iran in wake of attacks on Israel
April 15, 2024 | AIJAC
The implications of this unprecedented multi-fronted attack on Israel from Iran and its proxies based in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, which involved hundreds of drones followed by waves of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and rockets, cannot be ignored.
AIJAC “profoundly disagrees” with FM Penny Wong’s comments on recognising Palestinian statehood
April 10, 2024 | AIJAC
We profoundly disagree with Senator Wong’s implications in her speech that recognition of Palestinian statehood in the near future could be a ‘way of building momentum towards a two-state solution’ and would also not be a reward for the terrorist massacre of Hamas on October 7.
