lkinsella, Author at Australia Israel Labor Dialogue

Learning the lessons of Australia’s recognition of the State of Israel, seventy years on – Peter Wertheim AM – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Today, 29 January 2019, marks the 70th anniversary of an obscure and long-forgotten event in the history of Australia’s international relations: the day Australia recognised the State of Israel. The issue generated intense behind-the-scenes controversy, and ultimately open disagreement, between the then Labor government, led by Prime Minister Ben Chifley and Foreign Minister, “Doc” Evatt,…

Speech on a motion related to Israel & Palestine, Australian Labor Party National Conference, Senator Hon. Penny Wong, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Adelaide, 18 December 2018

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I move this motion – but the text is the work of many. I want to acknowledge that the conflict between Israel and Palestine is an issue of great importance to many in our Party. It is of great importance because Labor is a friend of Israel. I am a friend of Israel. It is…

Conference Calls On Labor To Recognise The State Of Palestine – ALP National Conference, Tony Burke MP, 18 December 2018

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As Penny said, this resolution is the product of many more people than Penny and myself. I want to specifically acknowledge the consultation with Richard Marles and long standing work of Wendy Turner. In previous conferences we have had resolutions that went forever. Every possible view and recent event would find its way into the…

International Trade Union Confederation ~ 4th World Congress, Copenhagen, 7 December 2018

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We denounce the occupation of Palestine by Israel, and will mobilise for a just and sustainable peace between Israel and Palestine, in accordance with the legitimacy of international law and in particular Resolutions 242 and 338 of the UN Security Council. We call for: An end to the construction of illegal Israeli settlements and removal…

Address to the Zionist Federation of Australia by Hon. Richard Marles MHR, Shadow Minister for Defence, 11 November 2018

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I would like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet and pay my respects to their elders past and present. “The Australian Jewish community has been a powerhouse of great Australians”. In 1853 Louis Monash and his wife Bertha Manasse made the momentous decision to emigrate from Prussia…

Grounded Realities for Australian Labor – Adam Slonim, Times of Israel

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“Social democratic parties have a problem selling opportunity and hope, while conservatives easily sell fear and trepidation.” I am paraphrasing two comments delivered at a recent Australian Labor International dinner hosted by Australian Labor’s Opposition Minister for Foreign Affairs, the remarkable Penny Wong, and current leader of the Israel Labor Party, and soon to be…

Remarks at an event to honour William Cooper by Dr Nick Dyrenfurth, Executive Director, John Curtin Research Centre & Secretary, Australian Labor Party National Policy Forum, Sydney, September 2017

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I wish to honour the memory of William Cooper both as a member of the Jewish community and a long-time labour movement historian and activist. The dispossession of Australia’s Aboriginal population was little remarked upon by the early labour movement, even if one of the co-founders of The Australian Workers’ Union (AWU), William Guthrie Spence,…

It Takes Two Sides To Create Lasting Peace, MK Michal Biran, Sydney Morning Herald, 27 July 2017

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Last month I went on a mission to Australia to develop and deepen the ongoing dialogue between the Israeli Labor Party and its sister Social Democratic Party, the Australian Labor Party. I travelled for a week between Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne, and during the trip I met Labor and other lawmakers, party officials and trade…

Policy Forum – Palestine 27 June 2017

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Speech by Hon. Mark Dreyfus MHR, Parliament of Australia, 22 May 2017

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Australia’s support for Israel is deep and enduring. It is founded in our shared values as democratic nations and is a bond of true friendship. It is a friendship that goes back to the founding of modern Israel, when Labor’s Doc Evatt helped introduce UN resolution 181, and to when, under Labor Prime Minister Ben…

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