This State Conference congratulates Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Wong on the restoration of aid to the Palestinian people and the shifting of Australia’s vote at the UN on matters relating to Israel’s occupation of Palestine. In view of the rapidly deteriorating conditions of prospects for peace, the tragic escalating loss of life exacerbated…
As Israel prepares to celebrate 75 years since its foundation, Australia reaffirms our close and enduring friendship with the Israeli people. Australia was one of the first countries to vote in favour of the UN resolution that led to Israel’s creation. Yom Ha’atzmaut sameach!
Event at the Parliament of Australia on 29 November 2022 to mark 75 years since Australia and H V “Doc” Evatt voted in favour of partition and the creation of the State of Israel at the General Assembly of the United Nations. Robert Magid OAM, Hon. Richard Marles MHR, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Ruth…
On November 29, 1947 the United Nations General Assembly voted, by 33 votes to 13, with 10 countries abstaining and one absent, to approve a plan to partition the territory known as Mandatory Palestine into two states, one Jewish and one Arab. One of the leading architects of the plan was Australia’s Dr H V…
Seventy-five years ago this week, the United Nations General Assembly voted by 33 votes in favour, 13 against and with 10 abstentions, to partition the land between the Mediterranean Sea and Jordan River into two states, Jewish and Arab. We know the history of what happened next; the State of Israel was subsequently declared in…
By nearly all accounts, Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh was easy to like. The gay Palestinian man living in Israel was possessed of a soft-spoken intelligence that he applied for the benefit of others. But back in his native Hebron, hatred lurked. Years of abuse from his family and general intolerance in Palestinian society had led him…
Congress deplores the continuing occupation of Palestine by Israel, and re-affirms the policy adopted at the 4th ITUC World Congress in Copenhagen in favour of a two-state solution in line with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
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…
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…
The Labor party on Saturday held an annual rally to mark the assassination of former prime minister and party leader Yitzhak Rabin at Jerusalem’s Zion Square, in an event held three days before national elections. During the event — which wasn’t attended by Rabin’s family members — current Labor leader Merav Michaeli slammed her election…