PRIME MAINISTE CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER CELEBRATION FOR FORMER REFUSENIKS MELBOURNE 17 MAY 1988 Isi Leibler, Edgar Bronfman, President World Jewish Congress, Ladies and gentlemen At 5.15 pm on December 2nd last year Hazel and I were just preparing to leave the State guest house in Moscow to…
PRIME MINISTER EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY BEN-GURION CENTENARY MELBOURNE,-8 NOVEMBER 1987 Tonight brings to a close a year’s celebration in Australia of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of David Ben-Gurion a man through whose vision the state of Israel was born, through whose efforts the Jewish people throughout the world were united…
J , AUJ LLLA PRIME MINISTER CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER ANNIVERSARY OF THE CENTRAL SYNAGOGUE BONDI JUNCTION, 22 FEBRUARY 1987 Mr Ron Nowman, President of the Central Synagogue, Rabbie Dr Nisson Schulman, Professor Graham de Vahi Davies, President of the Jewish Board of Deputies, Members of~ the Jewish…
By leave-I wish to report to Parliament on the visit I undertook from 23 January to 3 February to Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, Switzerland and Egypt. Before this visit, no Australian Prime Minister had visited the Middle East for three decades. Yet that region is not only one of major international importance, but also one of…
SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER HEBREW UNIVERSITY, JERUSALEM 28 JANUARY 1987 To BE GRANTED THE DEGREE OF DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY HONORIS CAUSA–BY-T-I-S-GREAT-UN. IVER. SLTY IS__ NE OF THE HIGHEST HONOURS ISRAEL CAN OFFER, AND I FEEL DEEPLY HUMBLED BY YOUR GENEROSITY. I i-S NOW NEAR LY SEVENTY -YEARS-SI NCE-THE-UN IVERSI TY-S-TWEVEFOUNDATION STONES, REPRESENTING THE TWELVE…
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY PRIME MINISTER’S REMARKS AT THE DEDICATION OF THE BEN GURION GARDEN, NATIONAL JEWISH MEMORIAL CENTRE CANBERRA, 5 NOVEMBER 1986 MR PRESIDENT MRS HERZOG AMBASSADOR BEN-YAACOV ISRAELI GUESTS LEADERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY FRI ENDS SINCE MY FIRST VISIT TO ISRAEL IN 1971, I HAVE NOT CEASED TO ADMIRE THOSE…
Mr HAWKE (Prime Minister) —by leave-I move: That this House- (1) resolves that United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 (XXX) which equates Zionism with racism- (a) has been unhelpful in the context of the search for a settlement in the Middle East; (b) is inconsistent with the Charter of the United Nations; (c) remains unacceptable…
The history of the Middle East contains a running commentary of conflict. The paradox of the centuries has been that while this region was one of the cradles of civilisation it has been host much longer to bitter and protracted battles among its own tribes and nations; victim of conquest and occupation by outside powers;…
RESPONSE BY BOB HAWKE AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THE ROBERT JAMES LEE HAWKE FOREST, KEREM MAHARAL, ISRAEL (Sponsored by Australian Jewry and established by the Jewish National Fund, 27th December, 1976) There occur in one’s life a few occasions which are absolutely memorable. This is one of those moments. Before I share with you…
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…
