Labor is deeply concerned about the violence in Israel, Gaza and Jerusalem in recent days. The incitement of hate, escalation of violence, destruction and loss of lives are tragic and unacceptable. We call on leaders to de-escalate and for a return to calm. We join Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, in calling for a halt to…
In 1875 some pious Jews bought some land in a semi-rural area just north of Jerusalem, which was then a small town largely consisting of the Old City and a few suburbs to the west. The land was the site of a tomb believed to be that of Shimon HaTzadik, a rabbi of the 3rd…
With the burning of Synagogues by Arab youth in the mixed Israeli Jewish-Arab city of Lod, and the beating of an Arab citizen by extremist Jews in Ramle, both during the present conflict, we are witnessing the end of the proposed 1 State solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Some hard-line pro-Palestinian people in Labor have…
State Conference motions – Apartheid, Settlement Expansion, Human Rights To all supporters of Palestine in the Australian Labor Party: Motions to State Conference are due at head office by 4pm July 14. The attached articles provide material that might be relevant in forwarding motions from branches and unions to the conference that deal with Palestine…
FORMER NSW Premier Bob Carr has sent an incendiary email to Labor members endorsing Human Rights Watch’s recent Israel apartheid slur, backing the International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigation against the Jewish State and endorsing a boycott call of West Bank products. The email, sent on April 28 with the subject heading “State Conference Motions”, began…
Opinion: In a Ynet exclusive, Mohamed al Khaja, the UAE’s first envoy to Israel, celebrates the stark similarities between the two nations, their budding bonhomie and sends a warm invitation to all Israelis to visit his homeland and enjoy locals’ hospitality. The Abraham Accords changed the course of history and established, for the first time,…
Today is Yom Hashoah, a day to remember the victims, survivors and heroes of the Holocaust. On Yom Hashoah, six candles are lit, each one representing one million Jewish lives lost. This also serves as a touching representation of the triumph of light over darkness. As a country with one of the highest concentrations of…
The Labor Party leader took pride in the fact that under her leadership, Labor became the first-ever Knesset list which was split completely evenly between men and women. Labor Party leader Merav Michaeli spoke with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Saturday on a range of subjects, from the party’s plans in the 2021 Israel Election on Tuesday,…
A collection of more than 1,800 stone artifacts has been returned to Australia from the Israel Museum as part of ongoing efforts to honor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. The transfer of the artifacts, including spears, stone tools, grindstones and other large and small objects, is the first time objects have been sent back…
That this House: (1) notes that: (a) 4 November 2020 marks 25 years since Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated at an anti-violence rally in support of the Oslo peace process; (b) a condolence motion for Prime Minister Rabin was moved in this House on 23 November 1995 by the Prime Minister, Mr Keating,…