I know of no “apartheid state”, dear J, that has been the sole sanctuary for those who have been turned away by every other country. Do you? The post Essay: Letter to an American Anti-Zionist appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

This book carries us along with Zuroff and Vanagaité as they visit just some of the 227 mass murder sites scattered around the country, where Jewish men, women and children were marched into the Lithuanian forests and then shot The post Biblio File: Journey toward Dark Truths appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

The PA, not Israel, keeps more than 12,000 people in the Jenin camp and nearly 1.4 million in 25 others under its control. Why? Because it allows them to be portrayed as victims of Israeli “occupation” as part of the broader propaganda campaign to demonise Israel. The post Deconstruction Zone: Why is there still a refugee camp in Jenin? appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

The murderous attack on Route 60 in Hebron on August 21, in which an Israeli woman was shot dead and a man seriously injured, was just the latest indication of the sad fact that Israel is in the middle of a prolonged security escalation in the West Bank – with no end in sight. The post IDF facing prolonged escalation in West Bank appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

The Australian’s Ben Packham wrote that calling the West Bank “Occupied Palestinian Territories” was “a move to appease the party’s Left and avoid embarrassing challenges to [Albanese’s] authority at next week’s national ALP conference.”  The post Media Microscope: Reinventing the past appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

The Palestinian cause resonates powerfully within the Muslim majority in Indonesia – based on emotional chords of pan-Islamic solidarity... So, when it comes to policy towards Israel, domestic opinion considerations have a heavy influence on national decision-making, lest policy change trigger a major public backlash The post Could Saudi-Israeli normalisation lead Jakarta to follow suit? appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

“There are growing business relationships with Israel that are not publicised, partly because the media prefers to report on conflict that can be used to vilify Israel, rather than on successful constructive achievements.” The post AIR New Zealand: Jewish views on NZ’s bruising election battle  appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

While Iran has succeeded in quelling the recent protests, a sense of discontent simmers beneath the surface, threatening to erupt anew on the anniversary of Amini’s tragic death. The post Has Iran suppressed the ‘Hijab Protests’? appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

But further progress, according to Saudi officials, will depend on some Israeli concessions to the Palestinians... [But] how do Palestinians – the people themselves, not their leaders – see the potential of Saudi normalisation? The post The surprising Palestinian split on Saudi normalisation appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

The Herald Sun (Aug. 10) editorialised that the Albanese Government “made a serious error of judgement” by changing its position, a change which the paper said was prompted by “domestic, internal partisan politics” and would have a “chilling impact” on the need to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through a negotiated settlement.  The post Noted and Quoted – September 2023 appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

Regular AIR readers know by now that the Australasian Muslim Times (AMUST) has been a recidivist offender when it comes to the dissemination of anti-Israel conspiracy theories, often including borderline antisemitic views, in recent years. The past few months have been no exception. The post AMUST’s latest anti-Israel conspiracy theories appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »

The kingdom wants three main things in return for a potential normalisation agreement with Israel: US security guarantees, access to top-shelf American military equipment and technology, and support for a domestic civil nuclear program The post Saudi Arabia’s problematic nuclear “asks” appeared first on AIJAC. Read more »