Speech to the United Nations General Assembly – “Practical progress towards realising those ideals in the world”, Hon. Julia Gillard MHR, Prime Minister of Australia, New York City, 26 September 2012

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Mr. President, congratulations on your election. You now preside over a forum for every voice – an Assembly of all people and nations – for no country or bloc to dominate solely or lead as one alone – where small and medium sized countries are truly heard. Australia welcomes your election warmly. The story of…

Speech at Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation event, Hon. Julia Gillard MHR, Prime Minister of Australia, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Elsternwick, 26 July 2012

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Friends, we are here today because of those who are not. We are here to be the voice of those whose voice was stilled by the greatest crime humanity has ever known: the Shoah, the Holocaust. It was of such moment, of such horrific magnitude, that the world can and should never be the same…

Address by Paul Howes, National Secretary, The Australian Workers’ Union to the Zionist Federation of Australia, 10 October 2010

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Standing up to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement Speech by Paul Howes to Zionist Federation of Australia conference in Melbourne, Sunday October 10 2010 Thanks for inviting me to speak to the Zionist Federation of Australia conference. We are here at both an exciting time:  — the new round of peace talks between the…

Speech to the Australia Israel Leadership Forum, Hon Julia Gillard MHR, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Jerusalem, 22 June 2009

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Ministers: Thank you for that warm and generous welcome. Erev Tov Haverim (Good evening friends) Shalom, Salaam, G’Day! I am delighted to be here, among so many people of goodwill, in such magnificent surroundings. I am thrilled to be joining you for the beginning of a new and exciting shared venture: the Australia Israel Leadership…

Address to the Knesset by UK Labour Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown MP, 21 July 2008

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To be able to come here at the invitation of your Speaker and of your Prime Minister Olmert – and to applaud you and the citizens of Israel for the courage you have shown in the face of adversity, resolution in the face of conflict, resilience in the face of challenge – is, for me,…

60th Anniversary of the reestablishment of the State of Israel, Speech by Hon. Kevin Rudd MHR, Prime Minister of Australia, Parliament of Australia, 12 March 2008

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By leave—I move: That the House: (1)   celebrate and commend the achievements of the State of Israel in the 60 years since its inception; (2)   remember with pride and honour the important role which Australia played in the establishment of the State of Israel as both a member state of the United Nations and as…

Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Senator Hon. Michael Beahan, President of the Senate, 13 November 1995

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The PRESIDENT —In closing the debate, I would like to add just a few words of my own. It is always a disadvantage to speak last because most things have already been said. Of course, I support all of those things that have been said. I visited Israel in April this year as a guest…

Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Senator Hon. Chris Schacht, Minister for Small Business, Customs & Construction, 13 November 1995

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Like all other members of the Senate, I wish to endorse the remarks of all senators in support of this motion. Last week I had the opportunity in my office late on Tuesday evening to watch live the funeral ceremony from Israel. No-one who watched that could have been other than completely moved by the…

Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Senator Kim Carr, Parliament of Australia, 13 November 1995

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I fully endorse the remarks that Senator Baume and other senators have just made. Those of us who are associated with the Jewish community in some minor way feel the enormous loss that is, of course, associated with this vile act. I, along with a number of my colleagues from both sides of this chamber…

Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Parliament of Australia, Hon. Gareth Evans MHR, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 13 November 1995

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Senator GARETH EVANS (Leader of the Government in the Senate) — I move: That the Senate — (1)expresses its deep regret at the death, on 4 November 1995, of Mr Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel, (2)condemns the brutal act which took his life, (3)tenders its profound sympathy to his widow, Mrs Leah Rabin, the…