Contemporary progressives on antisemitism, Philip Mendes, Times of Israel, 17 November 2022

Explaining the ambivalence of contemporary progressives on antisemitism: Some learnings from Sima Arnold’s From Occupation to Occupy: Antisemitism and the contemporary American Left, Indiana University Press, 2022 by Professor Philip Mendes Every few months now, Australian student unions seem to pass extreme pro-BDS resolutions: https://anuobserver.org/2022/08/04/tired-of-being-interrogated-the-jewish-experience-on-campus-amidst-israel-palestine-debate/ The resolutions use highly inflammatory language, accusing Israel of perpetrating…

Address by Hon. Tim Watts MHR, Australian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Zionist Federation of Australia Biennial Conference, Melbourne, 30 October 2022

Thank you, Yossi, and can I say how glad I am to be here in Melbourne as a guest of the Zionist Federation of Australia to address you, the leaders of the Australian Jewish community, as part of your first biennial conference since the pandemic. I acknowledge Israeli Ambassador, Amir Maimon, Zionist Federation of Australia…

Labor chief Michaeli: Rabin was assassinated with Netanyahu’s cooperation, The Times of Israel, 27 October 2022

Labor party chief Merav Michaeli on Thursday accused opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu of being complicit in the assassination of former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. Speaking at a conference organized by the Yisrael Hayom newspaper ahead of Saturday night’s memorial ceremony marking 27 years since the 1995 assassination, Michaeli also singled out Religious Zionism-Otzma Yehudit’s MK…

Fifth time’s a charm? The Times of Israel’s guide to the 39 parties vying for the vote, again – The Labor Party, 26 October 2022

Letters on ballot slip: אמת What the party is pitching:  Nearly two years after rehabilitating the erstwhile ruling party, whose support dwindled drastically of late, into a government partner, Labor leader Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli has promised to be a home for Israelis interested in “equality, social justice, and peace.” In addition to working toward…