Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Contacts for interviews and further information:

For additional assistance with these contacts, please call our office on 03 9681 6660

AIJAC:

Colin Rubenstein
- (03) 9681 6660, crubenstein@aijac.org.au
- Israel, wider Middle East, Islamic extremism, terrorism, antisemitism, Jewish affairs, multiculturalism

Jeremy Jones
- (02) 9360 5415, jjones@aijac.org.au
- Israel, Islamic extremism, antisemitism, Jewish affairs, multiculturalism, inter-faith dialogue

Tzvi Fleischer
- (03) 9681 6660, tfleischer@aijac.org.au
- Israel, wider Middle East, Islamic extremism, terrorism, media bias

Jamie Hyams
- (03) 9681 6660, jhyams@aijac.org.au
- Israel, wider Middle East, terrorism, media bias

External:

ISRAEL
(Be aware that the time in Israel is 8-9 hours earlier than Australian Eastern Standard Time.)

Hirsh Goodman
– Veteran Journalist and Author, and a Senior Research Associate at the Jaffee Centre for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University.
Phone: 972-3-640-6714 (W)
Email: goodmanh@netvision.net.il

Dr. Gerald Steinberg
– Professor of Political Science, Bar Ilan University and Director of the Program on Conflict Resolution.
Phone: 972-3-531-8043 (W)
Email: steing@mail.biu.ac.il

Dr. Eran Lerman
– Director of the American Jewish Committee’s Middle East Office, former senior IDF intelligence officer.
Phone: 972-2-625-5281 (W)
Email: lermane@ajc.org.il

Ehud Yaari
– Chief Middle East commentator for Israel Television 1, and Associate Editor (Middle East) of the Jerusalem Report.
Email: yaari2@netvision.net.il

Professor Barry Rubin
– Director of the Centre for Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) at the Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya.
Phone: 972-9-960-2736. (W)
Email: profbarryrubin@yahoo.com

Professor Efraim Inbar
– Professor of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University and Director of the university’s BESA Centre.
Phone: 972-3-535-9198 (W)
Email: inbare@mail.biu.ac.il

Yossi Klein Halevi
Israeli Society and Politics
– Israel Correspondent for The New Republic magazine, writes extensively for many other publications.
Email: khalevi2@netvision.net.il


GENERAL MIDDLE EAST

Dr. Daniel Pipes
Middle East politics, Islamic extremism
– Director, the Middle East Forum and Publisher, the Middle East Quarterly
Phone: 1-215-681-4848 (w)
Email: meqmef@aol.com

Prof. Fouad Ajami
Middle East Politics, Prospects for Democratisation
– Majid Khadduri Professor and Director of Middle East Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Phone: 1-202-663-5677

Mr. Amir Taheri
General Middle East Politics
– Iranian-born award-winning journalist, editor and author, with excellent contacts throughout the Middle East.  Currently editor of Politique Internationale.
Phone: via either Politique Internationale (01-45-008183) or Benador Associates 1-(917)-626-1266.

Ambassador Martin Indyk
American policy on Iraq & Iran, Arab-Israel conflict
– expatriate Australian who held various positions at the centre of policy making on the Middle East in the US Clinton Administration. He is currently at the Brookings Institute.
Phone: 1-(202) 797-6462

Professor Efraim Karsh
Twentieth Century Middle East History
– Director, School of Mediterranean Studies, Kings College, University of London
Phone: (44 20) 7848 2325
Email: efraim.karsh@kcl.ac.uk

David Pryce-Jones
Prospects of Middle East Democracy
– widely published journalist and author on Middle Eastern affairs, wrote The Closed Circle: An Interpretation of the Arabs
Email: CSPJ@aol.com


TERRORISM AND ISLAMISM

Dr. Martin Kramer
Islam and terrorism
– Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel Aviv University
Email: kramerm@ccsg.tau.ac.il

Dr. Matthew Levitt
Terrorism, Al-Qaeda
– Senior Research Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Phone: 1-202-452-0650
Email: mattl@washingtoninstitute.org

IRAQ / IRAN

Dr. Patrick Clawson
Iraq and Iran and US policy
– Director of Research, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Phone: 1 202 452 0650
Email: patrick@washingtoninstitute.org

Professor Amatzia Baram
Iraqi Politics and Society
– Professor of Middle East History, Haifa University
Email: baram@research.haifa.ac.il

Dr. Ofra Bengio
Iraqi politics
– Senior Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Tel Aviv University
Phone: 972-3-640-9646
Email: bengio@ccsg.tau.ac.il

Dr Michael Eisenstadt
Iraq and Iran and US policy
– Senior Research Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Phone: 202-452-0650
Email: michaele@washingtoninstitute.org