We’re right to protect oil supplies against Iranian attack
September 6, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
Ensuring the free passage of the significant portion of Australia’s oil supply which is shipped through the Persian Gulf’s narrow Strait of Hormuz is obviously in our national interest.
Good Money after Bad: Why is Australia continuing to pour money into the UN’s refugee efforts in Palestine?
August 23, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
Australia, which is one of UNRWA’s largest donors per capita, should consider joining its European counterparts in suspending its $20 million annual contribution to the agency, and instead investigate other channels to deliver a core package of humanitarian aid services for those in need
AIJAC guest James Kirchick on Iran, Russia and China
August 13, 2019 | AIJAC staff
AIJAC guest and Brookings Institution fellow James Kirchick joined Brian Carlton on Tasmania Talks radio to discuss the behaviour of…
Colin Rubenstein on the regional and global threat posed by Iran
August 9, 2019
AIJAC executive director Colin Rubenstein spoke with Brian Carlton on Tasmania Talks radio about the threats posed by Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah in the Middle East and further afield.
UN claims on Palestinian women invert the truth
August 8, 2019 | Tzvi Fleischer
The UN has produced another one of the anti-Israel absurdities for which it has become infamous. On July 23, the UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council voted 40-2, with 9 abstentions, to single out Israel as the only state in the world branded as a violator of women’s rights
Proscribing Hezbollah would serve two interests
August 2, 2019 | Colin Rubenstein
It is in our national interest, given Australia’s reliance on a rules-based liberal international order and freedom of navigation, to contribute to US pressure on Iran. But first and foremost, to counter the ongoing terror threat posed by Hezbollah
The Palestinian Authority needs to get its priorities straight
July 31, 2019 | Sharyn Mittelman
Before dismissing the Bahrain proposal, perhaps the PA should have asked the Palestinian people, whom polls show are overwhelmingly concerned about economic and quality-of-life issues, if they would like to have improved education, job prospects, healthcare, electricity and water management?
World must keep pressure on Iran over nuclear deal
July 22, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
The announcement by Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani that Iran is willing to re-enter negotiations over its nuclear program if crippling sanctions are removed is evidence the US-led effort to pressure Iran in renegotiating the deeply flawed 2015 nuclear deal is beginning to bear fruit.
Iran lied, of course, and remains a nuclear threat
July 9, 2019 | Ran Porat
Tehran’s recent announcements that it has stockpiled more than 300kg of enriched uranium, and that it plans to enrich uranium to a 5 per cent level — thus breaching the 2015 nuclear deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — are hardly a surprise.
Truth was the collateral damage
June 27, 2019 | Naomi Levin
This article was published in The Australian Jewish News on June 27 2019. Todd Sampson is a former top…
Australia should back up US pressure on Iran with sanctions of its own
June 26, 2019 | Colin Rubenstein
Australia should be doing whatever it can to contribute to the timely, calibrated and well-justified US-led strategy of increasing the pressure on Iran.
Intransigent Tehran must be sent a message on nuclear deal
June 11, 2019 | Colin Rubenstein
In his last major statement on the matter in December, Morrison announced that his government “will keep the option of additional autonomous sanctions under active review”. Now is time for that ongoing review to deliver a pivot on Australia’s stance on the Iran nuclear deal, drawing the proper conclusions from Iran’s behaviour since the 2015 deal
