A controversial University of Sydney lecturer who was sacked after superimposing a swastika on an Israeli flag has won a key victory in his battle to be reinstated, with the federal court declaring academics at the institution are entitled to convey even offensive views in their area of expertise. The decision reverses a previous court…
In Zoom meting with Australian Jewish community leaders, the federal opposition leader also said a future Labor government would endorse the IHRA definition of antisemitism. OPPOSITION LEADER Anthony Albanese has rejected the BDS campaign and the use of the term “apartheid” in relation to Israeli society, in a meeting with Jewish community leaders. In a…
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has slammed a Labor motion backed by former NSW premier Bob Carr calling for a boycott of Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, saying it is counterproductive and is not supported by anyone in his party room. Mr Albanese also pledged an “ongoing opposition” to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)…
Anthony Albanese has shown he is no Jeremy Corbyn. For those who have been paying attention, he has never showed any signs of behaving like the former leader of the British Labour Party. Albanese has a long history of standing up against the more extreme elements of his party’s Left, including campaigning against the former…
There is something profoundly disturbing and morally challenging in the way many view the Israel-Palestine conflict. The chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”, once buried because of its unadulterated implication that Israel should be eliminated, is currently in vogue, doing the rounds of social media. In a recent Facebook post…
It was a little-seen social media post that sent a major wave of panic through federal Labor. The Melbourne University ALP Club posted a photo of a handful of its members alongside Labor MP Ged Kearney, at a May 22 rally in solidarity for the people of Palestine. It was accompanied by the phrase “From…
Chris Minns, 41, was elected leader of the Labor Party unopposed last Friday following the resignation of Jodi McKay. THE state’s new Opposition Leader is a “strong friend to the Jewish community”, has rejected the anti-Israel boycott movement in Parliament and has been “very supportive” of the synagogue in his electorate. Chris Minns, 41, was…
Macnamara MP Josh Burns said the motion was “disappointing and blatantly one-sided”, but insisted, “it in no way represents federal Labor’s balanced policy in support of Israel”. A MOTION passed by the Queensland branch of the ALP panning Israel’s “systematic injustices meted out to the Palestinian people” has drawn condemnation from leading Labor politicians and…
Mr Carr, an influential supporter of Palestine in the NSW Right, said there was nothing wrong with Labor being critical of Israel “for its settlement expansion, its evacuation of Palestinians, (and) its nation-state law which creates two categories of citizenship”. His comments come after Jewish groups and opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong condemned a…
Penny Wong says viewing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from one perspective ‘will not advance the cause of peace’. Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong has condemned an anti-Israel res¬olution backed by Queensland Labor Party members, as Jewish groups have accused the Left ¬faction-dominated state branch of using “talking points disseminated by Hamas”. Senator Wong said viewing…