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Proposed Hamas policy shift sparks warning to Labor

Jewish communal organisations have warned the ALP against weakening its Middle East policy after reports the party’s draft national...

Bondi survivor warns UN: unchecked antisemitism leads to violence

Bondi terror attack survivor Arsen Ostrovsky has told the United Nations Human Rights Council that his own experience shows...

Jewish groups welcome Israel-Lebanon agreement but say Hezbollah disarmament is critical

The Zionist Federation of Australia and the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council have welcomed the new Israel-Lebanon framework agreement...

Senate grills Creative Australia over funding for anti-Israel website

 Creative Australia has been forced to defend its decision to allow an antizionist website to raise tax-deductible donations. Pearls and...

Gutteres and UN puts Israel on a black list

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is “disconnected from reality” after his office made the “political” decision to place Israel on...

The West is “sleepwalking” into catastrophe on antisemitism

David Harris was once described by the late former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres as "the foreign...

AIJAC criticises government position on Lebanon

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council has criticised the federal government’s call for de-escalation in Lebanon, arguing the position...

Jewish leaders highlight imbalance in Australia NZ Gaza statement

The Australian and New Zealand foreign and defence ministers have issued a joint statement criticising Israeli actions in Gaza...

Bondi survivor Arsen Ostrovsky on dedicating his life to fighting for the Jewish state

Arsen Ostrovsky has built his career defending Israel in what he calls the world’s “most hostile arenas”. This week...

Vale Ron Boswell

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) has extended its sincere condolences to the family of Ron Boswell AO...

Top Israeli journo addresses AIJAC

Veteran journalist Maayan Hoffman, currently Executive Editor at ILTV Israel News, a correspondent for The Media Line and a regular...

Surveys show recognition of Palestine would reward extremism, not peace

Palestinian opinion surveys reveal that President Mahmoud Abbas’ recent pledges to disarm Hamas, reform governance, and end anti-peace messaging...

Israel attacks Hamas in Qatar, Trump ‘very unhappy’

Donald Trump says he's "very unhappy about every aspect" of the surprise Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in the...

Henry Ergas speaks to AIJAC

Professor Henry Ergas, an economist, academic and columnist at the Australian, recently addressed an Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council...

AIJAC analyses Australia’s abstention

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council says the Australian Government should have voted “no” if it is genuinely committed...

Iran expert brings timely insights to Australia, NZ

“The Islamic Republic is fighting a military conflict designed to bail out Hamas - it's trying to strike Israel...

AIJAC to make an official submission to the ICC

The Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council will join three Australian academics to make a submission to the International Criminal...

Martin Indyk, diplomat who sought Mideast peace, dies

Martin Indyk, an author, think tank leader and diplomat who worked toward peace in the Middle East, has died...

Rambam Israel study group reports

Indigenous member of a recent AIJAC Rambam study program visiting Israel says the Jewish community has been a major...

“A sad and shameful day for all Australians” 

Australia's support of a UN resolution on Palestine will help to broker peace, the foreign minister says, but a...