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AIJAC analyses Australia’s abstention

J-Wire News Service — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 05:03:55 +0000

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council says the Australian Government should have voted “no” if it is genuinely committed to Australia’s long-standing bipartisan policy of supporting a negotiated Israeli-Palestinian two-state peace. Commenting on the UN General Assembly resolution demanding Israel completely pull out of the West Bank and Gaza within one year, AIJAC Executive Director […]

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Iran expert brings timely insights to Australia, NZ

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 04:18:18 +0000

“The Islamic Republic is fighting a military conflict designed to bail out Hamas – it’s trying to strike Israel on the cheap without absorbing any strikes,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, a Senior Fellow at the Washington D.C.- based Foundation for Defence of Democracies told journalists at an AIJAC press briefing this week. Ben Taleblu, who is […]

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Israeli analyst sheds light on new age of Drone warfare

Ahron Shapiro — Tue, 20 Jul 2021 03:28:38 +0000

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.

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AIJAC welcomes ceasefire

J-Wire News Service — Fri, 21 May 2021 05:03:55 +0000

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has welcomed the ceasefire in Israel and Gaza reached yesterday.

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Dr Mike Kelly talks to AIJAC

J-Wire Newsdesk — Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:19:25 +0000

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has featured Dr Mike Kelly, former ALP government minister and 20-year distinguished veteran of the Australian army in its latest webinar.

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Why Antisemitism is Rising in America

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 04:05:23 +0000

The last edition of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council’s (AIJAC’s) Live Online webinar series for 2020 featured Holly Huffnagle, the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC’s) US Director for Combating Antisemitism.

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“Fourth Israeli election will be different”: Israeli political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur

J-Wire Newsdesk — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 04:30:36 +0000

With the Israeli Knesset expected to dissolve itself later this month and initiate its fourth election in two years, political analyst Haviv Rettig Gur told an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) webinar on December 7 that it is becoming increasingly unlikely that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will find enough support to lead the next government.

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Do-gooders who do bad – NGO problems exposed at AIJAC webinar

J-Wire Newsdesk — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:13:46 +0000

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”.

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Israeli intel expert spotlights Israel’s northern border security issues

J-Wire Newsdesk — Sat, 30 May 2020 07:43:00 +0000

Australia needs to follow Germany’s lead and ban all branches of Hezbollah – not just its military wing, Israeli military intelligence expert Lt. Col. (res.) Sarit Zehavi told participants in an Online Live event hosted by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) this week

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AIJAC asks government to reconsider its position on Hezbollah

J-Wire Newsdesk — Fri, 01 May 2020 03:32:58 +0000

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.

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