Address by Bob Hawke, President of the Australian Council of Trade Union on the occasion of the 27th Anniversary of Israel’s Independence, Sydney Opera House, 20 April 1975
I thank the State Zionist Council of New South Wales for extending me the honour of being your guest speaker at this celebration of the Twenty Seventh Anniversary of Israeli Independence. In that comparatively brief span since 14th May, 1948, there have been very few years in which those gathering to celebrate this day have…