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

All quiet: Tel Aviv's Hayarkon St the morning after the missile attack.

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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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

A Hezbollah flag being waved at a protest in Sydney.

Hezbollah is active here and should be banned

February 14, 2019 | Naomi Levin

There is strong evidence that Hezbollah is active in Australia – in the local criminal underworld and from the pulpits of some mosques.

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The key to Middle East peace is getting Palestinians to say ‘yes’

February 14, 2019 | Ahron Shapiro

Slavish conformism to conventional wisdom has done practically nothing to resolve the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel, trapping the sides in a stalemate for decades.

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Mahathir’s rantings can’t poison Paralympics

February 8, 2019 | Allon Lee

Call off the search. For its display of rare global moral leadership, Time Magazine’s 2019 “Person of the Year” award should unquestionably go to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).  

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