Some lessons from the Westminister terror attack
March 30, 2017
As readers are doubtless aware, last week saw yet another apparently ISIS-inspired “lone wolf” attack in London, which killed four people and left more 50 injured, when 52-year-old Briton Khalid Masood first drove into a crowd on Westminister bridge and then attacked police with a knife before being shot dead. This Update features some of the best commentary on what the attack tells us about the current terrorist threat and how to counter it.
The assassination of a terrorist
March 27, 2017 | Shmuel Levin
Last Friday night, four assassins lay in wait for Hamas military leader Mazen Faqha outside his beach-side home in Tel el-Hawa, a neighborhood in south-western Gaza City. The assassins had broken in to Faqha’s garage a few hours earlier, after Faqha had left his house with his wife and daughter. Now, they waited quietly for his return.
Video: Colin Rubenstein on proposed changes to Section 18C – Sky News
March 24, 2017
AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein appeared on Sky News to discuss the Government’s proposed changes to the wording of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act
When Bibi met Vladimir: Israel, Russia, and Iran
March 20, 2017 | Shmuel Levin
Earlier this month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Russia for discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. As Putin noted in the leaders’ joint press conference, Israel and Russia have “established very close and very confidential contact” in recent years and the two leaders “meet on a regular basis and are constantly in touch by telephone”. This visit came against the backdrop of an increased Russian presence throughout the region.
AIJAC’s involvement in Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s historic visit to Australia
March 17, 2017
AIJAC is very proud of the official role played by our National Chairman Mark Leibler AC in the two major public functions featured during Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s official state visit – the first by a sitting Israeli PM – last month.
Video: Dr Colin Rubenstein on Netanyahu visit to Australia – Sky News
March 15, 2017
AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein discusses Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to Australia with Chris Kenny on Sky News
A new milestone – Israel begins exporting gas
March 9, 2017 | Shmuel Levin
Whilst Israel has long bemoaned its scarcity of natural resources, now, for the first time in its almost 70 years of existence, Israel has quietly begun exporting natural gas to other countries.
Reports: Netanyahu has secretly been advancing regional peace plan
March 9, 2017 | Ahron Shapiro
Since taking office in 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has often been criticised in the media for supposedly not doing enough to promote peace with the Palestinians and ultimately being responsible for the lack of progress in the peace process.
However, in recent days, new reports in the US foreign policy magazine, The American Interest, and Israel’s left-leaning Ha’aretz daily have emerged detailing backchannel negotiations and discreet peace initiatives that Netanyahu and his emissaries have been making with – not only the Palestinians – but Egypt and a number of Arab states.
Aspects of past and present Israeli-Palestinian relations
March 9, 2017
This Update looks at some important new articles on various aspects of past Israeli-Palestinian relations – including both ongoing problems and threats, as well as recent peace negotiations.
“Settlements Bob” At It Again: A fisking
March 8, 2017 | Gareth Narunsky
Former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s well-known obsession with Israeli settlements – while completely ignoring Palestinian intransigence, rejectionism and incitement – has reared its ugly and ill-informed head once again.
