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A deep dive into the Israeli election results

November 10, 2022 | Ahron Shapiro

For better or for worse, Israel has ended the cycle of political instability that led to five elections in four years. With the results in hand, we know how we’ve arrived at Netanyahu’s impending coalition, but what does it mean for Israeli society and its place on the world stage? 

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Australia should assist the struggling women of Iran  

November 8, 2022 | Tammy Reznik

Women around the world, including in Australia, have united in solidarity with Iranian women, staging mass protests, using the hashtag #Mahsa Amini. These efforts, whilst powerful and commendable, are not substantive enough to put the necessary pressure on the Iranian government.

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Israeli elections – Colin Rubenstein on Sky News’ Bolt Report

November 4, 2022

The main reason is the people wanted [Netanyahu], although the result was surprisingly close. His block of parties, you know, only got probably 8-9,000 more votes than the other block. But the other block was much more fragmented and fractious

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Good or bad? Benjamin Netanyahu likely to regain power in Israel – AIJAC’s Ran Porat on Ticker News

November 3, 2022

Dr Ran Porat from Monash University spoke to Ticker News with some exclusive analysis of the Israeli election.

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Benjamin Netanyahu expected to return to power in Israel – Ehud Yaari on ABC News 24

November 3, 2022

Supporters of the former Israeli prime minister are already celebrating his possible return a year after he was ousted from power

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AIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro on ABC NewsRadio: ‘Personal security’ concerns motivated voters

November 2, 2022 | Ahron Shapiro

AIJAC Senior Policy Analyst Ahron Shapiro discusses the early Israeli election returns and the reasons behind Binyamin Netanyahu’s likely victory with Glen Bartholomew on ABC NewsRadio.

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AIJAC’s Ran Porat interviewed about the Israeli election and its potential implications on 2GB radio

November 1, 2022 | Ran Porat

AIJAC’s Ran Porat discusses the upcoming Israeli election and its potential implications for the Middle East and Australia with Bill Woods on 2GB. 

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Australian reversal on Jerusalem recognition misguided – Colin Rubenstein and Michael Rubin on Sky News

October 28, 2022

In separate appearances on Sky News Australia, AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein and visiting guest Dr Michael Rubin from the American Enterprise Institute offer their analyses of the Australian Government’s decision to reverse the previous government’s decision to recognise west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

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Rejecting West Jerusalem Step in the Wrong Direction

October 21, 2022 | Michael Rubin

While those seeking to revert Canberra’s recognition of West Jerusalem encourage Abbas’ intransigence, the issue goes beyond Jerusalem, especially after Abbas broke with the West, traveled to Moscow and offered full-throated endorsement of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Government’s reversal on Jerusalem a bizarre own-goal

October 19, 2022 | Colin Rubenstein

The announcement by the Australian Government that it will be reversing the previous government’s decision to recognise west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital is very disappointing, and frankly counter-productive to the Albanese government’s own self-declared policy goals.

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Imminent Iran nuclear deal looks like a terrible outcome

September 6, 2022 | Colin Rubenstein

The terrible bargain being struck here seems obvious – at best minimal and brief restraint on Iran’s nuclear program, in exchange for greatly empowering a rogue regime to murder, destabilise, proliferate, become more powerful and threatening…

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The roots of Gaza’s ongoing tragedy

September 2, 2022 | Jamie Hyams

In each conflict, terror groups based in Gaza, mainly Hamas, fired rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians, while Israel targeted the terrorists. Israel has also protected its civilians with bomb shelters and the Iron Dome missile defense system, while the terrorists have used their tunnels, often under sensitive buildings such as hospitals, schools and mosques, to hide themselves and their weapons

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