In fact, although many things stood out to me from my first visit to the region, one in particular was as clear as day: there will be no peace and security for the people of Israel if they continue down a road of occupying Palestine, cutting the territory up into...
But now there’s an upcoming Israeli Supreme Court hearing against Omar Shakir, who is Human Rights Watch’s Israel and Palestine Director. There is a suggestion that he is to be deported, basically. Amnesty International, a group of former Israeli...
True to form, the citizenship challenge is also being supported by the other failed candidate in Kooyong, the Greens candidate, Julian Burnside. Burnside is on the record as supporting the BDS—the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, which is, by its very nature,...
Did Senator Keneally ever condemn the two local councils of Marrickville and Leichhardt for their anti-Semitic, anti-Israel stances? Full speech Senator STOKER (Queensland) (19:20): I rise to speak in this adjournment debate to respond to some comments made about me...
It was from here and by a Labor government that I was appointed Australia’s Ambassador to Israel. My four years in that role left me with a high degree of admiration and respect for the state of Israel, the Jewish people and all they have achieved under...