Gaza incursion will test IDF’s readiness for urban warfare
October 19, 2023 | Ahron Shapiro
Hamas is expected to fully exploit its home field advantage in Gaza, using its maze of tunnels to stage ambushes against Israeli forces. Yet the IDF has no choice but to plan a full invasion.
The worst of the Australian media coverage
October 19, 2023 | Allon Lee
The wealth of video and audio footage showing in sickening detail the enormity of the crimes against humanity that Hamas’ terrorists perpetrated against Israeli civilians on October 7 resulted in the unusual situation wherein media coverage was overwhelmingly sympathetic to Israel. Of course, this did not mean there was no problematic content.
Brutal attack upon Israel not possible without Iran backing
October 18, 2023 | Oved Lobel
If any further evidence were needed that the IRGC is at the head of a network of murderous terrorist organisations, this is it. Senior Hamas and Hezbollah officials told the Wall Street Journal that the IRGC was involved in planning the attack at every stage and signed off on it in Beirut.
World must stand by Israel in its duty to destroy Hamas
October 17, 2023 | Jamie Hyams
Israel’s legitimate military objectives must include freeing the hostages, and taking all steps necessary to ensure Hamas can never attack like this again.
The necessity of defeating Hamas
October 16, 2023 | Colin Rubenstein
Let’s be absolutely clear. No grievance justifies the wanton slaughter and torture of innocents, and celebrating such acts is beneath contempt.
Israel prepares ‘ground manoeuvres’ against Hamas – Ehud Yaari interview on ABC Radio National
October 14, 2023 | AIJAC staff
“The state of Israel has to decide, after 1300 killed, what do we do? What do we do is very simple. We retaliate. We dismantle Hamas. It cannot stay there. We cannot tolerate such an entity next door. And this is what will happen.”
How Israel’s internal divisions helped spark the bloody Hamas massacre
October 12, 2023 | Tzvi Fleischer
There seems little doubt that the intense divisions inside Israel over controversial judicial reform proposals over the past year – leading to unprecedentedly large protests against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on a weekly basis – were a contributing factor that led Hamas to plan and then launch its brutal attacks on Israel on Saturday.
“There’s a right to protest, but not a right to inflame hatred” – Colin Rubenstein on ABC Radio
October 12, 2023 | AIJAC staff
Colin Rubenstein on ABC Radio National “Breakfast” (12-10-23)
Will the barbarity be allowed to prevail?
October 12, 2023 | Allon Lee
Wiser heads know that Hamas’ talk of “occupation” does not mean the West Bank or east Jerusalem but the State of Israel. Following the attacks, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said his message to Israelis was, “Get out…This land is ours, Jerusalem is ours, everything is ours.”
Hamas’ slaughter has Iran’s fingerprints – Ehud Yaari on ABC radio
October 11, 2023 | AIJAC staff
On ABC Radio National “Drive” (9 October 2023), veteran Israeli journalist and frequent AIJAC guest Ehud Yaari discussed the elaborate and detailed planning behind Hamas’ horrific slaughter of more than 1,000 Israelis on the weekend and highlighted the extent of Iran’s involvement.
Worst fears become a horrific act of terrorism
October 11, 2023 | Walt Secord
As parents in Australia, we know the feeling of relief when you hear the keys in the door when a child comes home late. The parents, grandparents and siblings of those 260 young people will never hear the keys in the family door again.
