Daniel Aghion
MK Itamar Ben Gvir at a march in Jerusalem. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
May 21, 2026, 2:13 pm
Australian Jewish groups condemn Itamar Ben Gvir over flotilla antics
Ben Gvir 'does not represent mainstream Israeli society nor the views of the overwhelming majority of the Australian Jewish community'
By Gareth Narunsky
Daniel Aghion (centre) at the ADL summit in New York. Photo: Facebook
March 26, 2026, 3:02 pm
Aghion addresses ADL summit; Ryvchin gives testimony
ECAJ president Daniel Aghion calling for urgent UN action and co-CEO Alex Ryvchin questioning whether Jewish Australians are truly free to practise their faith
By Gareth Narunsky
Daniel Aghion (centre) at the ADL summit in New York. Photo: Facebook
March 20, 2026, 12:08 pm
Aghion represents Australia at global antisemitism summit
'Jewish communities around the world are seeing an unprecedented rise in antisemitism and its normalisation,' ECAJ president says
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
February 28, 2026, 10:07 pm
Australian leaders support US-Israel strikes on Iran
'A regime that relies on the repression and murder of its own people to retain power is without legitimacy,' government says in statement
By Gareth Narunsky
Waverley mayor Will Nemesh places a wreath at Bondi Pavilion on December 16, 2025. Photo: Waverley Council/Facebook
January 7, 2026, 2:29 pm
Waverley Council to vote on Royal Commission call
'Now is the time ... to examine how such a devastating and despicable attack targeted at the Jewish community could occur at the iconic Bondi Beach, in the heart of Waverley'
By AJN STAFF
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addresses the media at Australian Federal Police National Headquarters in Canberra on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. Photo: AAP Image/Hilary Wardhaugh
December 30, 2025, 8:36 pm
Jewish community leadership demands royal commission in joint statements
'We have issued repeated warnings to government about increasing Jew hatred in this country, and the social permissiveness that has been allowed to grow resulting in further attacks'
By AJN STAFF
ECAJ President Daniel Aghion, speaking to the AGM on Sunday. Photo: Peter Haskin Photography.
December 1, 2025, 6:11 pm
ECAJ workload unprecedented in 80-year history
Peak body boosts staff numbers as the Australian Jewish community faces ongoing challenges, AGM told
By Bruce Hill
Participants of a Free Palestine rally react outside the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Monday, October 9, 2023. Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins
October 7, 2025, 12:23 pm
Jewish groups seek to block Opera House protest
JBD CEO Michele Goldman: 'We know these protests have fuelled real-world antisemitic incitement and violence across Sydney'
By AJN STAFF
IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip. Photo: IDF Spokesperson
September 18, 2025, 11:05 am
ECAJ slams UN genocide report as lacking ‘legal rigour’
ECAJ president Daniel Aghion said the report was 'a collection of allegations, reports and opinions that have never been tested in any court of law'
By AJN STAFF
Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in 2022. Photo: Peter Haskin
August 11, 2025, 3:27 pm
Israeli Ambassador reacts to Palestine announcement
'Rewarding those who use terror as a political tool sends the dangerous message that violence brings political gains'
By Gareth Narunsky
Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announcing on Monday that Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at UN general assembly. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
August 11, 2025, 2:01 pm
Albanese Labor government to recognise Palestine
'The course of action announced by the government is a betrayal and abandonment of the Israeli hostages; Israel will feel wronged and abandoned by a longstanding ally'
By Gareth Narunsky
From left: Peter Wertheim, Anthony Albanese, Daniel Aghion, and Simone Abel.
July 31, 2025, 11:29 am
Jewish leaders meet Albanese as Palestine recognition pressure mounts
'The Prime Minister reiterated what he has said publicly about the recognition of a Palestinian state. It is on the Government's agenda, but it is not imminent'
By AJN STAFF
Anthony Albanese at St Kilda Shule in Melbourne in 2023. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 28, 2025, 5:43 pm
Albanese rejects premature Palestine recognition
'We won't make any decision as a gesture. We will do it as a way forward if the circumstances are met," PM tells ABC Insiders
By Gareth Narunsky
15-8-24. Anti-semitism envoy Jillian Segal and Alex Ryvchin from the ECAJ speaking at the Melbourne Hebrew congregation in Toorak. Photo: Peter Haskin
July 18, 2025, 11:00 am
Mythbusting the misinformation campaign
We cannot allow this misinformation campaign to derail the response to the wave of antisemitism
By Daniel Aghion
Foreign Minister Penny Wong. Photo: Peter Haskin
June 11, 2025, 2:30 pm
Australia joins sanctions on Israeli ministers
'This measure is an exercise in performative politics that will change absolutely nothing in the region,' ECAJ president Daniel Aghion says
By AJN STAFF
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