January 15, 2020
AIJAC’s Jeremy Jones was interviewed on ABC radio’s PM program on January 14 on antisemitism
January 10, 2020 | Ahron Shapiro
An edited version of this article appeared in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald on Jan. 10, 2020. Amidst the…
January 10, 2020 | Colin Rubenstein
An edited version of this article appeared in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald on January 10, 2020. The US…
December 9, 2019 | Allon Lee
Claims that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent statement that Israeli settlements are not, per se, inconsistent with international law has killed the two-state solution, as Crispin Hull argued on these pages last month, misrepresent both history and current day realities.
November 22, 2019 | AIJAC staff
AIJAC’s Ahron Shapiro discussed the latest twists and turns in Israel’s attempt to form a government. After two elections and…
November 7, 2019 | Sharyn Mittelman
What more can be done to counter antisemitism at schools? That question reverberated around Australia this past month as many were shocked to hear of appalling antisemitic bullying.
October 31, 2019 | Allon Lee
The chilling words by veteran Hamas official Fathi Hammad at a rally in Gaza last July urging Palestinians to kill Jews, not Israelis, is easily found on YouTube. I don’t know if these words appear in the Palestinian Film Festival that Greg Barns encouraged readers to attend in his recent piece blaming Israel for poverty in Gaza.
October 16, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro
The left-wing Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence (BtS), the subject of a story by journalist Terry Plane in these pages last month, is by its own admission, a political organisation that seeks to “change” the “policy of government”.
October 7, 2019 | Naomi Levin
The reverberations from media reports that two Melbourne students were subjected to humiliating anti-Semitic abuse have been felt in Jewish communities around the world. How could this happen in an enlightened society, ask well-meaning people.
September 20, 2019 | Colin Rubenstein
This is not the Iraq War, and dislike of Trump would be a foolish reason not to protect Australia’s interests in maritime security and the free movement of energy in the region.
September 16, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu
The attack, which knocked out more than half of the Saudi oil output, may force the U.S. to tap into its own oil reserves to keep the markets well supplied.
September 13, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu
It’s no secret that the US and Australia retain close ties, share similar security interests and political values, and have even paid the ultimate price for them in places like the Middle East. It is in the Middle East however, that one of the greatest challenges to realising that shared vision is found: Iran.