Contemplating ‘a return to Zion’ in the face of antisemitism
April 14, 2024 | Tammy Reznik
The Australian landscape has definitely shifted for its Jewish citizens, and it is unsurprising that a substantial number of Jews from “down under” have moved to Israel since the start of the war.
Aid Worker tragedy should not be misused
April 12, 2024 | Allon Lee
The needless death of innocents in war is always horrifying. Yet despite Israel immediately accepting responsibility and apologising abjectly, far too many people have tried to leverage this calamity to discredit Israel’s war against Hamas and force it to accept a ceasefire that would effectively leave Hamas in power in Gaza.
Peace won’t be achieved through speeches like Penny Wong’s
April 12, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
The preconditions for a two-state peace are simply not in place, and extending such recognition before they are only makes it less likely these preconditions will ever be developed.
Australia’s maverick response to WCK tragedy looking increasingly irrational
April 10, 2024 | Greg Rose
While Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong’s dismay is understandable, the Australian government’s reaction since has displayed double standards and failures to understand either the military realities behind this accident or the relevant international law.
Aid worker tragedy must not lead to permanent ceasefire
April 9, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
It would only make matters worse if the tragic and horrific accidental killing of seven humanitarian aid workers from the World Central Kitchen on April 1, including Australian Zomi Frankcom… were to sabotage efforts to reach a temporary ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
“Full responsibility and accountability… but this incident does have certain context to it” – Joel Burnie on Sky News
April 5, 2024
AIJAC executive manager Joel Burnie discussed the Gaza war and the tragic killing of foreign aid workers with Kieran Gilbert on @SkyNewsAust, 4 April 2024.
The world’s ‘Triple Standard’ against Israel endangers global security
March 28, 2024 | Justin Amler
The question needs to be asked, what would these countries do if they were attacked by dozens of brutal death squads, encompassing thousands of terrorists, who inflicted mass murder, torture, and rape on 22 civilian towns?
Backing UNRWA will not bring Middle East peace
March 20, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
Given there are clear aid delivery alternatives, as well as UNRWA’s documented collusion with terrorists, the Australian Government’s decision makes little sense. By restoring funding, it will be undermining its own primary foreign policy goal in the Middle East, namely encouraging a negotiated resolution involving two states living in peace.
Anti-Zionism is an abhorrent ideology, regardless of antisemitism
March 19, 2024 | Oved Lobel
If the massacres and kidnappings on October 7 and the humanitarian consequences of Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza are not desirable outcomes — and if people still believe in the international order and the illegitimacy of advocating genocide and the destruction of recognized UN member states — then anti-Zionist advocacy of any sort must be socially and politically stigmatized regardless of whether anti-Zionism is considered antisemitic.
Rise of anti-Semitism echoes older, more dangerous eras
March 18, 2024 | Allon Lee
Everyone agrees that all Australians have a right to freely express their opinions, choose how they spend their money and support causes without having their loyalty questioned… But not if you’re Jewish. If you’re Jewish and support Israel, expect to be smeared as belonging to a vast conspiracy reaching into the deepest recesses of power in Australia and across the world.
This is no time to throw Hamas a lifeline
March 15, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
Unless Hamas decides to surrender, which seems unlikely, it’s hard to see how the war can end without defeating those remaining battalions; killing, capturing or forcing into exile the organisation’s top leadership
Scourge of antisemitism must end
March 6, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende
Many Jews already felt insecure when wearing a kippah or Star of David in public and have avoided doing so. Like so many, I have been befuddled at how anti-Israelism has swiftly segued into anti-Judaism, and the targeting of individual Jews. I feel deep sorrow that Melbourne’s proud Jewish community is being intimidated by mobs, graffiti, and anti-Jewish words.
