In my lifetime, I dream of seeing peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. With all my heart I want to see an end to this long and protracted conflict. I believe deeply that a better future is possible. It’s why I regularly meet with Palestinian advocates here in Australia. We don’t always agree but…
Today the Government has reaffirmed Australia’s previous and longstanding position that Jerusalem is a final status issue that should be resolved as part of any peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people. This reverses the Morrison Government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Australia’s embassy has always been, and remains, in…
What happens when ideological zealots infiltrate trade unions to attack academic freedom? A case study of the Australian National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) and the extremist Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement by Professor Philip Mendes In the 1980s and 90s when I was active in various left-wing peace and social justice groups, we often…
Moyal elected as a member of the World Council of BWI. The Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) held its 5th World Congress to decide its goals, priorities, and actions for the 2022-2026 Congress period. The Congress elected its leadership, including the World Council, the World Board, the President and Deputy Presidents, the General Secretary,…
The NTEU recognises and builds upon the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Palestinian solidarity in their struggles against settler-colonial violence. This spirit of solidarity is a central pillar of trade unionism. As academic institutions have caused harm to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, so too do they cause harm to Palestinian…
The root of the failure, writes former foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, was that Israel tried to resolve 1967 but the Palestinians wanted to reverse 1948. Those of us in the Jewish Left who had long supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – that is two states for two peoples –were stunned by the…
A new report from the Arlozorov Forum has revealed that 43% of Israelis regularly work at the expense of their free time in order to meet the demands of work, representing an 80% increase since 2016. The survey, conducted by the forum in conjunction with the Geocartography Institute, shows that slightly less than half of…
A gay Palestinian man living under asylum in Israel was murdered and beheaded Wednesday in the West Bank city of Hebron. The unnamed suspect, who was arrested by Palestinian Authority police near the scene of the crime soon after committing it, recorded the act in a video that he uploaded to social media before his…