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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

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What are Russia, Iran and Cuba doing in Venezuela?

June 6, 2019 | Oved Lobel

Amid the continuing political, economic and humanitarian meltdown of Venezuela, an anti-American alliance consisting of Russia, Cuba and Iran is coalescing to counter US economic and diplomatic pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

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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’.

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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”.

Among the candidates to have their election posters defaced with antisemitic symbols was Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Ehud Yaari on the Israeli election

April 18, 2019

Tom Switzer’s interview with the always insightful and well-informed Israeli journalist Ehud Yaari about the outcome of the Israeli election and PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s next term in office, broadcast on ABC Radio National’s “Between the Lines” 18 April 2019.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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