Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein appeared on The Bolt Report on Sky News Australia, discussing why seven Arab countries to have cut ties with Qatar and why the ABC and SBS are wrong to use content sourced from Al-Jazeera, among other topics. This post contains two short video excerpts and aud

Dr Colin Rubenstein joined Michael McLaren on Sydney radio 2GB to look back on the Six Day War, 50 years on.

Former Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Daniel Taub recently visited Australia. In these videos he addresses Israel, its relations with the United States, the Palestinians and the new Hamas manifesto...

South Australian state MP and shadow minister Corey Wingard (Liberal, Mitchell) spoke to AIJAC upon his return from his Rambam Fellowship visit to Israel in March 2017.

AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein appeared on Sky News to discuss the Government's proposed changes to the wording of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act

AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein discusses Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu's visit to Australia with Chris Kenny on Sky News

Dr Colin Rubenstein responds to the report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Free Speech and the role of clause 18C

Video highlights: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Australian PM Turnbull meet Jewish Community in Sydney...

AIJAC's Jamie Hyams appeared on ABCNews24 "News Breakfast" on 20 February 2017. He discussed Israel, PM Netanyahu's visit and obstacles to a peace deal. Video courtesy of the ABC.

AIJAC's Jamie Hyams appeared on ABC News24 on 12 January 2017 to discuss the issue of Israeli settlements, Jerusalem and prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Veteran Israeli Minister Tzachi Hanegbi MK spoke to an AIJAC event in Sydney, addressing Israel's resilience in the face of regional instability.

Veteran Israel commentator Ehud Yaari delivered a very perceptive overview of the Middle East at a public session hosted by the Institute of Security and International Studies (ISIS) in Bangkok: "Islamist Movements and Middle East Turmoil: Lessons from and Implications for Southeast Asia". It is hig

AIJAC guests Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Prof. Efraim Inbar and Ehud Yaari spoke recently at AIJAC events in Melbourne and Sydney, addressing the current Middle East situation and Israel's strategic challenges.

David Pryce-Jones, Senior Editor at National Review, and Daniel Johnson, Editor of Standpoint, comment on Syria, US Middle East policy and Israel.

AIJAC's Jeremy Jones debates the merits of section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act with Simon Breheny of the IPA, hosted by Patricia Karvelas on Sky News

AIJAC Executive Director Dr Colin Rubenstein argues for the retention of clause 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act on Sky News Agenda with Jim Middleton

Nick Cater, Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre, and James Brown, Research Director of the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, give their impressions of Israel

Simon Henderson, Director of the Gulf and Energy Policy Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, spoke at an AIJAC event in Sydney about Israel's thawing relations with the Sunni Arab world, notably Saudi Arabia. 

Eran Tearosh, Chairman of the Society for the Heritage of World War I in Israel addressed an AIJAC luncheon in Sydney, discussing efforts to raise awareness of Australia's pivotal and historic role in the region and the upcoming centenary of the famous Australian light horse charge in Beersheba.

AIJAC hosted a luncheon on 16 May 2016 with Amir Ohana MK and Major-General Jim Molan in Sydney. Ohana spoke on the Israeli security situation, Palestinian knife attacks and being the first gay Likud MK, with Major General Molan speaking on participating in the first Australia Israel Be'er Sheva Dia