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.
AIJAC mourns the tragic death of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom
April 3, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
We welcome Israel’s decision to conduct a prompt and thorough investigation to ascertain exactly what happened and work to ensure it does not happen again. Initial indications are that lack of coordination within a field unit, due to human error, caused this terrible tragedy. We trust Israel will ensure accountability for whoever is responsible for this heartbreaking error and the IDF will draw appropriate operational lessons to ensure such a shocking incident is never repeated.
AIJAC “gravely disappointed” by Australian Government’s decision to resume UNRWA funding
March 15, 2024 | AIJAC
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) expressed grave disappointment about the Australian government’s decision to resume funding to the UN’s Palestinian Refugee Agency UNRWA, given the mounting evidence that its Gazan operations are complicit in Hamas’ massacre upon southern Israel on October 7.
AIJAC calls on Australian Government to remain firm on UNRWA
March 12, 2024 | AIJAC staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) calls on the Australian government to stand firm and avoid making the recent mistakes of Sweden and Canada in their resumption of funding to the UN’s Palestinian Refugee Agency UNRWA
AIJAC angered and disappointed at “cowardly” and “discriminatory” actions of the 2024 Frontline Mental Health Conference
March 4, 2024 | AIJAC
The management of the Frontline Mental Health Conference aided and abetted the discriminatory intent of a small number of pro-Palestinian activists determined to target any and all Israelis for exclusion – even if they never say so in so many words.
AIJAC disappointed with Prime Ministers’ statement on Rafah that appears “divorced from reality”
February 15, 2024 | AIJAC
The PMs need to decide whether they want Gaza and Israel to have a future free of Hamas on which a two-state resolution can be built or whether they want Israel to refrain from attacking Rafah even after making and implementing a detailed plan to evacuate civilians from there. Trying to have it both ways reflects a disturbing lack of realism.
