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Digital Edition AUSTRALIA/ISRAEL REVIEW VOLUME 45 No. 6 JUNE 2020 AUSTRALIA/ISRAEL & JEWISH AFFAIRS COUNCIL UNHEALTHY How scandals at the WHO likely reflect wider UN dysfunction and biases JERUSALEM GOES BIG UNHAPPY RETURNS ISRAEL ON ARAB TV ARMS FOR IRAN? Inside Israel’s complex and The dangerous conse- Ramadan viewing The controversy quences of a legally- reflects the Jewish over the scheduled potentially unwieldy new emergency baseless Palestinian state’s changing end to a key UN em- government ...................................... PAGE 22 “right” ...........PAGE 32 image ............PAGE 27 bargo ...............PAGE 7 NAME OF SECTION WITH COMPLIMENTS 2 AIR – June 2020 AUSTRALIA/ISRAEL VOLUME 45 No. 6 REVIEW JUNE 2020 EDITOR’S NOTE NAME OF SECTION his AIR edition focuses on how the current scandal surrounding the World Health Or- ON THE COVER Tganisation’s (WHO) early coronavirus advice, which was allegedly politicised to serve Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Chinese Government’s agenda, appears to reflect serious and widespread problems Director General of the World in the UN system as a whole. Health Organisation (WHO), Judy Maynard looks at the WHO’s history of politicisation and bias on Israeli- informs the media about the Palestinian issues, while other AIR staff writers report on the dubious and destructive latest updates regarding the politicised behaviour of the UN General Assembly, Human Rights Council, UNRWA, novel coronavirus COVID-19 UNESCO and, to a lesser extent, UNICEF. during a press conference at Also featured this month is a detailed analysis by Amotz Asa-El of the make-up and the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 9 agenda of the complex Israeli “national emergency” government just established, ending March 2020. (Photo: Salvatore Di Nolfi/AAP) more than a year of political stalemate. Plus, Herb Keinon looks at the complex cal- culations that the new government will be making as it considers extending Israeli sovereignty to parts of the West Bank under the Trump Administration’s peace plan. And don’t miss Australian academic Ran Porat on what Ramadan TV programs in the Middle East tell us about Israel’s changing image in the region, American academic Asaf Romirowsky on the consequences of the Palestinian devotion to a supposed “right of return”, and Jeremy Jones on tackling the racist conspiracy theories circulating about COVID-19. Let us know what you think about any of it at [email protected]. Tzvi Fleischer CONTENTS FEATURE STORIES REGULAR COLUMNS UN-HEALTHY FROM THE EDITORIAL CHAIRMAN COLIN RUBENSTEIN ....................................................................... PAGE 4 BY AIJAC STAFF The UN’s general pattern of exclusion and selective condem- WORD FOR WORD ................................................. PAGE 5 nation [of Israel] continues ................................................. PAGE 12 SCRIBBLINGS WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION TZVI FLEISCHER ............................................................................ PAGE 6 BY JUDY MAYNARD ..................................................................... PAGE 12 DECONSTRUCTION ZONE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RICHARD GOLDBERG & MARK DUBOWITZ .................................... PAGE 7 BY ALLON LEE .............................................................................. PAGE 15 ASIA WATCH UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MICHAEL SHANNON ...................................................................... PAGE 8 BY SHARON MITTELMAN ............................................................. PAGE 16 EUROPA EUROPA UNRWA DOUGLAS DAVIS ............................................................................ PAGE 9 BY NAOMI LEVIN .......................................................................... PAGE 18 UNESCO BEHIND THE NEWS .............................................. PAGE 10 BY OVED LOBEL ........................................................................... PAGE 19 STRANGER THAN FICTION ........................ PAGE 11 UNICEF ..................................... PAGE 35 BY AHRON SHAPIRO .................................................................... PAGE 20 NOTED AND QUOTED BIG GOVERNMENT, ISRAELI-STYLE IN PARLIAMENT ...................................................... PAGE 36 A complex political betrothal in Jerusalem BY AMOTZ ASA-EL ....................................................................... PAGE 22 MEDIA MICROSCOPE ALLON LEE ................................................................................... PAGE 39 TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN AND JORDAN BY HERB KEINON ......................................................................... PAGE 25 THE LAST WORD JEREMY JONES ........................................................................... PAGE 40 LEBANON, HEZBOLLAH AND THE IMF BY CLIFFORD MAY ....................................................................... PAGE 26 HOW TO USE OUR INTERACTIVE EDITION VIEWING ISRAEL ON ARAB TV BY RAN PORAT ............................................................................. PAGE 27 • Tap/click to return to the Contents page SPOTLIGHT ON RIGHTS ABUSERS • All listed articles link to their page. BY NAOMI LEVIN .......................................................................... PAGE 30 • Best viewed in your desktop browser or the Books (iOS) or equivalent e-book reader app in portrait mode. BIBLIO FILE: A RETURN TO SANITY 3 BY ASAF ROMIROWSKY ............................................................... PAGE 32 AIR – June 2020 Australia/Israel Review A journal of analysis and opinion published by the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Editorial Chairman EDITORIAL Dr COLIN RUBENSTEIN AM Editor-in-Chief Dr TZVI FLEISCHER Senior Contributing Editor A VISIT AND AN AGENDA JEREMY JONES AM Staff Writers ALLON LEE, JAMIE HYAMS, AHRON hile all visits from top US officials to Israel are newsworthy and important, US SHAPIRO, SHARYN MITTELMAN, NAOMI LEVIN, OVED LOBEL, JUDY MAYNARD WSecretary of State Mike Pompeo’s eight-hour visit to Israel on May 13 was excep- Publishing Manager tional for the context in which it took place, amidst the coronavirus pandemic. MICHAEL SHANNON Correspondents And of course, the trip came just as Israel was finally about to swear in a new unity ISRAEL: AMOTZ ASA-EL government after more than a year of political deadlock, including three elections with no EUROPE: DOUGLAS DAVIS NEW ZEALAND: MIRIAM BELL clear winner. National Editorial Board According to US reports, Pompeo’s meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin KEITH BEVILLE, RABBI RALPH GENENDE OAM, GARY HERZ, MIRIAM Netanyahu and other top officials were focused on three matters: responding to the LASKY, STEVE LIEBLICH, RABBI JOHN threats from Iran; Israel’s commercial, high-tech and infrastructure dealings with China; LEVI AM, Hon. HOWARD NATHAN AM, IAN WALLER SC and Netanyahu’s oft-expressed interest in extending sovereignty, in whole or in part, to Israel’s West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley in accordance with the Trump Admin- istration’s “Vision for Peace” between Israel and the Palestinians. AIJAC The new Israeli Government will be, first and foremost, strongly focused on ad- National Chairman MARK LEIBLER AC dressing the coronavirus pandemic, and on helping the Israeli economy recover from its NSW Chairman devastating effects on jobs, businesses, and incomes. But the three items on Pompeo’s PAUL RUBENSTEIN Executive Director agenda – the Iranian threat, relations with China, and moving forward with the Trump Dr COLIN RUBENSTEIN AM Administration’s peace plan – should also be very high on the agenda of the new govern- Director of International & Community Affairs ment in Jerusalem. JEREMY JONES AM Senior Policy Analysts When it comes to the threat posed by Iran from its illegal nuclear weapons program AHRON SHAPIRO, JAMIE HYAMS, and the widespread aggression Iran has shown across the Middle East, the Trump Adminis- ALLON LEE, NAOMI LEVIN, SHARYN MITTELMAN tration and Israel have been more or less on the same page for some time. Policy Analysts The effort to pressure Iran back to the negotiating table and modify its aggressive OVED LOBEL, JUDY MAYNARD Associate Director of Public Affairs regional behaviour requires unwavering coordination between allies and, above all, JOEL BURNIE vigilance. National Media & Public Affairs Officer For example, the 2015 nuclear deal gifted Iran with an end to the conventional arms em- ARIEL ZOHAR bargo that has been in place since 2007 as of this coming October. Pompeo has been pushing Events Coordinator HELEN BRUSTMAN OAM for the UN Security Council to extend the embargo. Given Iran’s ongoing military activity Administration across the region, anyone who cares about stability should want him to succeed. MELBOURNE: ROSEMARY SANDLER, RENA LANGBERG Meanwhile, Israel has been setting red lines on Iranian influence in Iraq, Syria and SYDNEY: LOUISE DE MESQUITA Lebanon, striking at the bases of Iran and its proxies in Syria and Iraq and threatening Israel Liaison PETER ADLER large-scale military action should Iran continue with its dangerous efforts to retrofit its Founding Chairmen Lebanese proxy Hezbollah’s massive rocket arsenal with precision guidance systems. Re- ISADOR MAGID AM (OBM) ROBERT ZABLUD (OBM) cently, it has also had to address Iranian cyber-aggression. HEAD OFFICE Given the complexities on the Lebanese, Syrian, and Iraqi fronts, coordinating action Level 1, 22 Albert Road, South Melbourne, VIC 3205, Australia against Iran in these theatres alone justified Pompeo’s visit. Telephone: (03) 9681 6660
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