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Abbas' Negotiation Dilemmas
This Update features some new analysis of the position of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations - negotiations about negotiations, one might say - continue...
Author: AIJAC staff 04/02/2010 read more
AIJAC Congratulates Australia for its role in helping Israel achieve membership of UN subgroup
AIJAC's Executive Director Dr. Colin Rubenstein said, "Australia should be congratulated for its role in facilitating Israel's membership of this subgroup. I hope this means Israel will finally be allowed to take part in all UN activities. For too l...
Author: AIJAC staff 01/02/2010 read more
Editorial: Terrorism - tactics and strategy
We cannot adequately address the tactical problem of terrorism without acknowledging and understanding this strategic threat - an ideological movement in some ways akin to Fascism and Marxism-Leninism in its desire to violently and completely transf...
Author: Colin Rubenstein 25/01/2010 read more
Europa Europa: Centres of learning and loathing
When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab arrived in Britain from his native Nigeria in September 2005 he was a devout Muslim. By the time he graduated from University College London (UCL) three years later, he was a fully primed suicide bomber, ready to do th...
Author: Douglas Davis 25/01/2010 read more
The Great Leap Forward
No country deserves more credit for improving its counter-terrorism operations and capabilities than Indonesia. While terrorism will never be eliminated, Indonesia has developed a strong and effective counter-terrorist force, while at the same time ...
Author: External author 25/01/2010 read more
Wahid's Way
The genial complexity of Wahid's character, which drew millions to him, was not adequate to the pressures of the presidency. But his life, career, and elements of caprice contain abundant clues for anyone who would understand modern Sufism, global I...
Author: External author 25/01/2010 read more
The Uneasy Silence
An uneasy silence has descended on Palestinian-Israeli relations. What began with a new American administration's energetic initiative, and then produced some improbable concessions on the part of a new Israeli leadership, has since petered out in t...
Author: Amotz Asa-El 25/01/2010 read more
Battleground Yemen
Like Afghanistan and Sudan before it, Yemen is becoming a key regional base for al-Qaeda....
Author: External author 25/01/2010 read more
Essay: The Great Satan Myth
The Iranian regime has never found itself more vulnerable. And, with this vulnerability, it has never leaned more heavily on its own narrative of history. This narrative, of course, has a central antagonist, a character conjured as the "Great Satan"...
Author: External author 25/01/2010 read more
Media MIcroscope: Siege Mentality
The media predictably commemorated the anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza with pieces and reports bemoaning the continuing state of "siege". Many failed to blame Hamas for this situation, which would be remedied if Hamas renounces v...
Author: Jamie Hyams 25/01/2010 read more
The Last Word: Peer Pressure
The Australian think-alikes distributed curricula vitae of their spokespersons, looking suspiciously like job applications, with anti-Israel disinformation, while urging Australians to exploit the Open as an opportunity to join the defamation of all...
Author: Jeremy Jones 25/01/2010 read more
Inside Iran's Opposition Movement
This Update features some new insights into the goals and motivations of Iran's "Green" opposition movement. The first entry comes from Iranian-American analyst Mehdi Khalaji, who writes about the experience of his own father, an ayatollah now langu...
Author: AIJAC staff 22/01/2010 read more