Articles in Politics and Media
Undermining Israeli democracy from afar
By Anthony Frosh
Recently, we have seen the launch of two important leftist Jewish political initiatives. In the USA there is J Street, and now in Europe there is J Call. Already I have heard calls …
Jewish Knight Defends Pius XII
Why would a Jew Open the Investigation of Pope Pius XII?
By Gary Krupp
The answer to this question lies in a series of events that moved our foundation to decide to confront this controversial subject and …
Banning the Burqa
By David Werdiger
Following his Hamas-hummus prank in the movie Bruno, one could imagine a Sacha Baron-Cohen character quickly dismissing the idea of banning the burqa: How could we do that!? Throw away so much tradition? …
An Israel for all its citizens rather than an Israel for all Jews
by Larry Stillman
“In recent years, Israeli groups have put forward several constitutions for the state of Israel. However, these proposals…have been preoccupied with the question of, ‘Who is a Jew?’ and have neglected the primary …
Radical Australian Jews advocating for Israeli national suicide
Why a Return of Palestinian refugees to Israel will never happen and should never happen
By Philip Mendes
Last month a small group of Australian Jews signed a petition coordinated by anti-Israel extremists Antony Loewenstein and Ned …
Stern Hu, sterner China, but meekness from Australia
By Anthony Frosh
The Stern Hu situation provides a lot of food for thought, both in the media coverage and also the reaction of the Australian Government, or lack thereof.
The Rio Tinto executive has apparently admitted to …
The Article that the Jewish News Refuses to Print
The following article by Martin Indyk, former US ambassador to Israel was written as a reponse to Gerald Steinberg’s op-ed on the New Israel Fund in the AJN. The AJN declined to publish it; it …
Decade of Demonisation
By Philip Mendes
The outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000 has lead to an almost unprecedented outpouring of international hostility to Israel. To be sure, the situation is not as bad as that …
The NIF controversy – a chance for closure
It’s no secret that there has been something of a community controversy concerning the recent cancellation of Israeli academic and former Knesset Member, Naomi Chazan’s, visit.
For those that have been trekking in the Himalayas, here’s …
A Most Unpleasant Word
By Larry Stillman
It hurts. Israel is increasingly called an apartheid state.
In this opinion piece, I wish to deal with the issue from the ‘inside’, from the perspective of an Australian Jew with an abiding connection …
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