AUSTRALIAN and international apologists for Hamas and other Islamist groups operating in the Gaza Strip are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to launch a propaganda campaign against Israel under the guise of humanitarian concern for the people of Gaza
Ehud Yaari to AIJAC Webinar: Gantz move no surprise, will be popular
April 1, 2020 | AIJAC staff
The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) inaugurated a Webinar series recently with a briefing by AIJAC Fellow and senior Israeli journalist and leading commentator Ehud Yaari on recent developments in Israeli politics
Answers needed on Australian aid
March 26, 2020 | Naomi Levin
The Australian Government may be inadvertently funding Palestinian groups with links to terrorist organisations, as well as the anti-Israel global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement.
The resurgence of Antisemitism – Jeremy Jones on ABC Radio
March 11, 2020
AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones spoke about the resurgence of antisemitism in Australia and internationally on “Breakfast” with Fiona Parker on ABC Radio Central Victoria.
Emergence of neo-Nazis must be countered through education
March 10, 2020 | Sharyn Mittelman
When ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess warned that neo-Nazis have emerged as one of Australia’s most challenging security threats, many Australians would have experienced a collective chill.
When is a ban not a ban?
March 5, 2020 | Naomi Levin
It is time Australia listed Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation in the interests of national security and to ensure consistency with our closest allies.
Israel prez cements ties
February 21, 2020 | Naomi Levin
This week, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will land in Australia on an official visit. It is the third visit by an Israeli President to Australia, but the first in 15 years.
Would Yitzhak Rabin approve of Trump’s peace plan?
February 6, 2020 | Allon Lee
Rabin’s “permanent solution” shared remarkable similarities to Trump’s peace plan.
The opportunity of Trump’s “deal of the century”
January 31, 2020 | Colin Rubenstein
While no one expected Trump’s deal would result in an overnight breakthrough, the plan could plant the seeds of hope for a new fruitful dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians for a number of reasons.
What’s on the table in Donald’s deal?
January 30, 2020 | Allon Lee
US President Donald Trump’s long-awaited “deal of the century” peace plan will not satisfy both sides’ maximalist positions and fudges some of the detail, but does provide some innovative proposals to ensure Israel’s security needs.