Michael Shannon

AIJAC research associate Dr Ran Porat discussed the latest developments in the Israeli government's clashes with the judicial branch with the ABC's Sarah Dingle.

AIJAC is deeply concerned by reports that the ALP's draft National Platform to be released at the upcoming national conference in Adelaide has dropped explicit calls for Hamas to disarm and for the Palestinian Authority to reform, as well as calls for guarantees of Israel's security.

Political leaders know the report is full of holes and largely ignored it... But the people who already hate Israel, and the undecided, will read the headlines and come to incorrect conclusions. It is another step in the years-long campaign to delegitimise Israel.

As important as it is to give voice to the many Australians who have been affected by this surge of antisemitism, this Commission, at its core, is about asking how Australia, a country with a rich tradition of tolerance and acceptance, reached a point where antisemitism escalated into mass terrorism, and what must change to ensure it doesn't happen again.

October 7 was ultimately rooted in a twisted and dark philosophy that seeks to strip away the rights of Jews to live in safety and security not just in the only Jewish state – but in all states, in all countries around the world.

AIJAC director of special projects Dr Bren Carlill gave testimony at the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion on a survey that revealed a majority of Jewish students and faculty members feel intimidated on campus.

The evidence emerging from the Royal Commission's hearings into antisemitism at Australian universities this week has been, regrettably, not surprising. It is, however, damning.

During Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess’ seventh annual speech detailing the current and ongoing terrorism threat facing the country on June 24, he did something deeply important. He named the problem.

In the wake of Pauline Hanson’s call for a “monoculture” and the subsequent discussions, it has become increasingly clear that there is a great deal of misapprehension and misrepresentation about what Australian multiculturalism policy actually is, what it stands for and how it is intended to work.

Every decent Australian should be absolutely sickened by what occurred the other day at the site of the Bondi massacre.