Anti-Israel
Bias
AIJAC endeavours
to highlight and counteract instances of anti-Israel bias and misinformation
in the Australian media and the wider public debate.
AIJAC has
now released a comprehensive
report into SBS-TV's persistently slanted coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict and the Middle East in general. See also an article
by Daniel Mandel in The Review on SBS's anti-Israel bias,
or Ted Lapkin's essay on anti-Zionism in Australian academia. See
also the regular Media Microscope column in Australia/Israel Review.
Islamic
Extremism
In the
wake of the challenge presented by the September 11 terrorist atrocities,
AIJAC supports the US-led coalition in the war against terrorism,
including the campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. An article
by Reuven Paz documents the rise of the Global Jihad movement in
the West.
The growth
of Islamic extremism in Asia also constitutes an important issue not
only for all Australians, but Israel and the Australian Jewish community
in particular. In association with the American Jewish Committee, in
1999 AIJAC produced a detailed research study, Islam in Asia: Changing
Political Realities. This study has since been updated and published
in the United States and Australia by Transaction Publications. For ongoing regional coverage, also read
the monthly Asia Watch column in Australia/Israel Review.
Racial
and Religious Intolerance
AIJAC
seeks to defend and promote efforts to further Australia's development
as a tolerant and harmonious multicultural society. Often acting in
concert with other ethnic community organisations, AIJAC has exposed
instances of racism and antisemitism in Australia and has lobbied governments
to develop legislative and educative measures to counteract the pernicious
effects of racism. Jeremy Jones writes regularly in Australia/Israel Review on incidences of antisemitism in Australia.
International
Jewry
AIJAC has
highlighted and campaigned against the international scourge of Holocaust
Denial and those who have sought to deny or distort the history
of the Nazi Holocaust - the greatest single tragedy of all for the Jewish
people. See our article
on Holocaust denial in the Arab world.
Internet
racism is a growing area of concern for international Jewry. Through
research and published articles, AIJAC has joined international efforts
to counter the unfettered proliferation of racist and antisemitic material
on the World Wide Web.
War
Crimes Justice
AIJAC has
been in the forefront of the campaign to ensure that alleged Nazi war
criminals in Australia face justice, either in Australia or overseas
via deportation or extradition. To this end, AIJAC has called for the
Federal Government to reestablish a specialised war crimes investigation
unit to pursue suspects from the Nazi era and more recent conflicts,
as well as assist international efforts to secure war crimes justice.
See
our media releases section for more
information on these and other issues.
