Jordan’s King Abdullah (centre) tried to erase all traces of a distinct Palestinian identity (Image: Wikipedia)
How Arab rulers undermined a Palestinian state
While the “Palestine question” has long dominated inter-Arab...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Italian TV: "Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing…the most ardent antisemites are usually Jews." (Photo: YouTube screenshot)
Behind the News – June 2022
ROCKET AND TERROR REPORT No rockets were fired...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Italian TV: "Hitler also had Jewish blood. It means absolutely nothing…the most ardent antisemites are usually Jews." (Photo: YouTube screenshot)
The implications of Israel’s recent spat with Russia
Update from AIJAC   05/22 #01   This...
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Explainer: Why do Iran, Syria and their proxies support Russia in the Ukrainian crisis?
Most of the world has chosen to stand...
Israeli PM Bennett in Abu Dhabi (Credit: Haim Zach/IGPO)
Behind the News – January 2022
Rockets and Terror As of mid-December, no rockets...
Tehran’s Russian Connection
Originally published in the Winter 2022 edition of...
Reason to smile: Despite his crimes, Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad is now being welcomed back into the Arab fold (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The road back to Damascus
“Stop the killing machine!” demanded Saudi King Abdullah...
Permits for Palestinian workers in Israel are set to increase (Credit: Abu Adel/ Shutterstock)
Behind the News – December 2021
Rocket and Terror No rockets have been fired...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his intelligence chief Hakan Fidan meet with Hamas leadership, including US Specially Designated Global Terrorist Saleh al-Arouri, in Turkey, August 2020 (credit: Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)
Turkish conference underlines growing role of Ankara as key driver of global Islamist extremism
The Turkish government’s decision to co-sponsor an “academic conference” in...
A new wave of unrest in Iran: Gathering and protest rally outside Amir Kabir University in Teheran last year (photo: Wikimedia Commons)
Iranian unrest/ Syria’s narco-dictatorship
Update from AIJAC   07/21 #04   This...
Several members of the Al-Tajamu network at a 2017 demonstration in Sydney, including Jay Tharappel, Hanadi Assoud, Hussein Dirani and Tim Anderson. (Source: Hanadi Assoud’s Facebook feed)
Teheran’s friends in Australia
In the previous edition of the AIR, I...
Israeli F-15 strike fighter: Reported strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria
Behind the News – May 2021
Rocket and Terror Report Two rockets launched from...
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