Jeremy Jones honoured
March 19, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Reporting on a visit to Israel
March 11, 2024 by J-Wire News Service
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Four recent visitors to Israel on AIJAC’s Rambam Israel Fellowship program, three Federal MPs and one from the media, reported on their visits to AIJAC supporters at a recent Melbourne function. Read more
Rabbi Genende joins AIJAC
January 17, 2024 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Rabbi Ralph Genende has been appointed as The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council’s Interfaith and Community Liaison. Read more
Shadow Federal Defence Minister Speaks to NSW Jewish community
November 22, 2023 by J-Wire Staff
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More than 60 people attended a lunchtime speech and question and answer session with Federal Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie today, where he spoke on Australian defence policy and the Israel-Hamas war. Read more
Greens Senate walkout criticising the government
November 7, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi led a protest walk-out by her party during the Senate yesterday’s Question Time at the end of a fire and brimstone speech criticising the government’s position on the Israel-Gaza war. Read more
Dr Colin Rubenstein addresses a minyan for the late Jeremy Jones AM
September 13, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Dr Colin Rubenstein, Executive Director at the Australia /Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has addressed a minyan for the late Jeremy Jones held at Sydney’s Mizrachi Synagogue. Read more
Say No to Give, Send, Go
August 18, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council today called on the Conservative Political Action Conference to repudiate the sponsorship arrangement it has with the controversial fundraising outfit “Give, Send, Go”, which reportedly hosts fundraising efforts by neo-Nazis and other extremist groups. Read more
Israel Rambam Study visit returnees describe “electricity of the past”
August 7, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) recently heard from three recent returnees from two separate AIJAC Rambam study visits to Israel: Senator Andrew McLachlan, The Australian Opinion Editor Nicholas Jensen, and columnist and media strategist Gemma Tognini. Read more
Senior general analyses the threats to Israel’s security – both external and internal
August 2, 2023 by J-Wire News Service
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In the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar, Lt. Gen. Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon, former Israeli Vice Prime Minister, Minister for Defence and IDF Chief of Staff, spoke about “Countering Iran’s three front proxy war against Israel”. Read more
A new post for Walt
April 11, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Following his retirement from politics, Walt Secord has changed his position as a NSW Upper House State Labor to become the Director of Public Affairs at The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council. Read more
Ehud Ya’ari: Israel in “one of the most serious crises that I can remember”
March 7, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Pre-eminent Israeli political commentator and Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Fellow Ehud Ya’ari has addressed AIJAC supporters in Sydney, covering the current internal disputes raging within Israel over proposed judicial reforms. Read more
Jeremy Jones, Emily Schrader, Yoseph Haddad Activism power couple explain their mission – and the threats they face
February 23, 2023 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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A power couple in activism for human rights and coexistence, Yoseph Haddad and Emily Schrader spoke passionately about their work in combatting antisemitism and racism at an AIJAC media briefing held last week. Read more
What are the next steps before Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is sworn In?
December 23, 2022 by Pesach Benson
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Wednesday night, shortly before a midnight deadline, Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu phoned Israeli President Isaac Herzog to give formal notification that he has enough Knesset support to form a government. Read more
The Sydney Festival’s “important stance”
January 6, 2022 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has commented on the “very important stance of the Sydney Festival in its continued support of the dance performance Decadance and its public repudiation of demands by members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) to divest funding received for it from the Israeli Embassy”. Read more
Inquiry to ABC/SBS complaints procedure
November 15, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed the Senate Inquiry set up to examine the way both the ABC and SBS deal with complaints from the public. Read more
Lyons’ blatant twisting of an email demonstrates the shallowness and unprofessionalism of his latest monograph
October 8, 2021 by
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Sometimes the veracity of a piece of writing can be easily assessed from the way one source document is used or misused…writes Jamie Hyams. Read more
Afghan disaster likely to “open the flood gates” of Jihadist terror – US expert Michael Rubin
August 27, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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With Afghanistan falling to the Taliban, the latest Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar featured resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Pentagon official Michael Rubin – addressing the “Implications of the Afghanistan disaster”. Read more
Marise Payne condemns Iran and Hezbollah
August 12, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has welcomed comments made in Parliament on August 10 by Foreign Minister Senator Marise Payne condemning Iran and Hezbollah. Read more
Israeli expert Ehud Ya’ari: Iran not interested in reviving nuclear deal
August 11, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Iran is likely no longer interested in restoring a nuclear deal with the United States and other members of the P5+1, according to Ehud Ya’ari, long-time journalist, commentator and Fellow at the Washington Institute, who discussed this and many other topics as part of a recent AIJAC Online Live webinar. Read more
Jewish-Muslim activities “more important than ever”
July 22, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
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Jeremy Jones, the Director of International and of Community Affairs for the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council says that meeting with, dialoguing with and engaging with Muslim communities is “more important than ever”. Read more
Israeli analyst sheds light on new age of Drone warfare
July 20, 2021 by Ahron Shapiro
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Drones and guided missiles constitute both a threat and an opportunity for Israel’s defences, Jerusalem Post columnist and drone expert Seth J. Frantzman told an AIJAC webinar. Read more
Government been recommended to relist Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation and in its entirety
June 23, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) has recommended the Federal government consider listing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation. Read more
Q&A, ABC, AIJAC: complaint lodged
June 21, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has recently lodged a complaint with the ABC’s in-house complaints body regarding the 27 May 2021 episode of Q&A covering the cessation of fighting between Hamas and Israel. Read more
Change of leadership: Congratulations for Bennett
June 14, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has reacted to the formation of the new Israeli government. Read more
Ehud Yaari: Israel’s political situation is “murky” and worrying
June 13, 2021 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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AIJAC’s latest webinar featured Israel’s leading commentator and analyst Ehud Yaari, who described the current political situation as “murky” and worrying. Read more
AIJAC welcomes ceasefire
May 21, 2021 by J-Wire News Service
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza reached yesterday. Read more
Do-gooders who do bad – NGO problems exposed at AIJAC webinar
December 7, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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With terrorism and antisemitism ever-present threats, the latest webinar from the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) featured NGO Monitor Vice President Olga Deutsch, whose topic was “Following the Money Trail: An Insight into the Funding of Terrorism and Antisemitism”. Read more
Israeli spokesperson Mark Regev underscores Israel’s diplomatic potential in AIJAC webinar
October 16, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Peace deals between Israel and the Arab world, Israel’s relations with the UK, the US and the Iranian threat – these were amongst the wide variety of topics discussed by Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s international media spokesman Mark Regev in an online webinar hosted by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) this week. Read more
Jewish and pro-Israel groups welcome Israel-Bahrain normalization agreement
September 13, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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Jewish and pro-Israel groups instantly applauded Israel and Bahrain for agreeing on Friday to normalize relations between the two countries—the second of its kind between Israel and a Persian Gulf nation in the wake of the United Arab Emirates. Read more
AIJAC asks government to reconsider its position on Hezbollah
May 1, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the German government’s decision to join a growing list of countries that proscribe the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist group and again urges the Australian government to seriously reconsider its stance on the organisation. Read more