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The Australian | Gerard Henderson | 12.8.23 There are not many occasions when a middle power with a relatively small population, like Australia, can make a significant impact on world affairs. Either on the field of battle or in diplomacy. A few instances, however, immediately come to mind. In 1918 – the year of victory… Continue reading Labor’s ‘symbolic’ shift on Israel a split from Western allies

Australia has devolved into a US client state — and it seems the Albanese government has little interest in reversing this trend. Crikey | Maeve Mcgregor | Aug 11, 2023 So, there it is: a nod to the mental bandwidth of what passes for the right’s understanding of the geopolitical realities of the current moment.… Continue reading Labor’s defence of American empire, Israel and a shrinking nation

Signs of Hope by Jonathan Kuttab I came across the following reflection I wrote in 2015. Every word of it is still as true today as it was back then. The turmoil in Israel, and the accelerating increase of settler violence, as well as the international recognition of Israel as an apartheid state are particularly… Continue reading FOSNA

Exclusive: Four affiliate organisations complain they were not consulted before Zionist Federation of Australia criticised the change in terminology The Zionist Federation of Australia is facing dissent from some of its affiliate organisations after it attacked the Albanese government’s new language on Israel and the Palestinian territories. On Tuesday the government announced its decision to harden Australia’s opposition… Continue reading Australian Zionist groups at odds over criticism of government’s language on Palestinian territories

Alon Liel  (The Guardian, 9/8/2023) ( https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/alon-liel-former-israel-senior-diplomat-ambassador-i-urge-australia-to-recognise-the-state-of-palestine?utm_term=64d2f32be7548ecff9661ecfcacbec5e&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayAUS&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTAU_email ) Wed 9 Aug 2023 10.19 AEST As a former Israeli ambassador and director general of the ministry of foreign affairs, I’ve dedicated my professional life to representing and promoting Israel’s interests all around the world. For many years, Israel has been veering away from a path of… Continue reading I was Israel’s most senior diplomat. I urge Australia to recognise the state of Palestine

By NATASHA BITA, 6:24PM AUGUST 9, 2023, (The Australian, 10/8/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/university-clears-academic-over-contentious-tweet/news-story/c75734a4ceb55bcde3691ea4b83a0964 ) An Australian university has been caught up in an escalating dispute over academic freedom, after clearing a lecturer over a tweet that had angered a Jewish lobby group. The University of NSW has dismissed a complaint by Australian Jewish Association public ­affairs director… Continue reading University clears academic over contentious tweet

By RICHARD SPENCER, 5:34PM AUGUST 9, 2023 (The Australian, 10/8/2023) ( https://www.theaustralian.com.au/world/the-times/israeli-settlers-guilty-of-terror-says-us-state-department/news-story/a955aa23bd0a5cf097df5c7a5c99ab5e ) The Biden administration has taken the rare step of accusing Jewish settlers on the West Bank of terrorism after an incident in which a Palestinian youth was shot dead. The State Department issued an unusually fierce condemnation of the incident, part of what… Continue reading Israeli settlers guilty of terror, says US State Department

ByMatthew Knott August 9, 2023 — 4.46pmSave Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his government’s decision to begin referring to the West Bank and Gaza as “occupied” and Israeli settlements as “illegal” as the Palestinian government urged Australia to go further by quickly recognising Palestine as a state. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton began question time… Continue reading Palestine leaps upon ‘occupied’ shift, urges full recognition of statehood

Senator Chris Van Hollen says president should reassess military aid to Israel in light of extreme rightward tilt of government The Guardian | Chris McGreal |Mon 7 Aug 2023 A leading Democratic senator has called on Joe Biden to “get more personally engaged” in stopping “racists” in the Israeli government from a land grab in… Continue reading Democrat calls on Biden to stop ‘racists’ in Israeli government from ‘land grab’

ByJames Massola and Matthew Knott Labor will seek to avert a damaging internal split over the Israel-Palestine conflict by hardening its language on the Palestinian territories, with the federal government to officially refer to Israel’s settlements in the West Bank as “illegal” and the territories as “occupied”. Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced the shift in Tuesday’s caucus… Continue reading Labor to harden position on Palestine