Netanyahu’s re-election was Israel’s liberal democracy in action
May 16, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
The re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been described by some of his critics as a blow to democracy, or as evidence of Israel’s progression towards becoming an ‘illiberal democracy’.
Eurovision and the Greens’ green light for BDS
May 16, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
With all the excitement about Australia being in the Eurovision grand final, it’s worth recalling that last May, Lee Rhiannon, a Greens senator at the time, pressured then SBS managing director Michael Ebeid to drop its broadcast because it would be held in Tel Aviv and therefore “could impact on Palestinians”.
Antisemitic vandalism during this federal election campaign ― why is it happening? what can be done?
May 14, 2019 | Naomi Levin
The swastika has made frequent appearances during the 2019 federal election campaign. This is upsetting, but not really surprising given the fact that Jewish communities around the world have recorded a recent increase in antisemitic activity.
Making mates with radicals bad look for Greens
May 2, 2019 | Naomi Levin
You can tell a lot about people from the company they keep. That is certainly the case with the Australian Greens who have spent this term of Parliament in the company of some real extremists – both physically and in cyberspace.
Letter: Voice of Mandela
May 1, 2019 | Allon Lee
I THINK one more important voice can be added to Peter Wertheim’s excellent response to Greg Barns’s comparison of Israel to Apartheid South Africa (Talking Point, April 26). That voice comes from no less an authority on apartheid than Nelson Mandela himself.
Ahron Shapiro on the Israeli election results
April 11, 2019
AIJAC policy analyst Ahron Shapiro examines the preliminary Israeli election results on ABC News Radio.
Ahron Shapiro on the Israeli election campaign
April 8, 2019
AIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro discusses the upcoming Israeli election on Sky News “Politics HQ”, 5 April 2019
We must fight the hate that spawns terrorism
April 1, 2019 | Colin Rubenstein
Australia must strengthen our arsenal of tools to combat the spread of hate. Effective administration of measures like Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, designed to protect Australians from hate speech, racial vilification and group defamation while still enabling robust protection
Terror in Tel Aviv
March 21, 2019 | Naomi Levin
Terror. It is the only word to describe the feeling when I stepped into the small hotel room, put down my bag and froze.
Diary
March 17, 2019 | Jeremy Jones
Two mornings later I arrived at the beach after the sun had risen. I noticed unusual activity – council workmen on a Sunday. As I came closer, I saw that they were hard at work assessing what was needed to be done to repair the damage done by a different feral creature – a person who had vandalised murals by spray painting swastika graffiti
