Reaction to the federal government’s decision to use the term Occupied Palestinian Territories

SBS News

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August 9, 2023

“It’s hardly a sufficient step if we’re keen in bringing real change and if we’re interested to bringing an end to the ongoing Israeli occupation and human rights violation in Palestine. This step actually depends on whether we’ll be able to translate it into meaningful action on the ground,” – Noura Mansour, APAN Member.

Labor takes left turn on Israel to avoid embarrassing clash

The Australian

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August 9, 2023

“Australia Palestine Advocacy Network president Nasser ­Mashni said the change was a “sensible, modest move”, and urged the government to now recognise a Palestinian state. “Israeli settlements are in clear violation of international law and there is no doubt that Israel is occupying Palestinian lands,” he said, ” writes Ben Packham.

Jewish groups fume over Labor’s Israel shift

Australian Financial Review

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August 8, 2023

“Israeli settlements are in clear violation of international law, and there is no doubt that Israel is occupying Palestinian lands… We look forward to the government taking the next step, and honouring its commitment to recognise Palestine,” Nasser Mashni, APAN President.

Labor to harden position on Palestine

The Sydney Morning Herald

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August 8, 2023

“Israeli settlements are in clear violation of international law and there is no doubt that Israel is occupying Palestinian lands.. We look forward to the government taking the next step and honouring its commitment to recognise Palestine” – Nasser Mashni, APAN President.

Australia to refer to Israeli settlements as ‘illegal,’ territories as ‘occupied’

Jordan News

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August 8, 2023

“Israeli settlements are in clear violation of international law and there is no doubt that Israel is occupying Palestinian lands” – Nasser Mashni, APAN President.

International Inertia Follows Israeli Assault on Jenin in the West Bank

Inter Press Service

Photo of a Palestinian home damaged due to an Israeli military assault on Jenin
July 28, 2023

“The UN and individual countries should be taking immediate and decisive action, as it has shown is possible with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Israel must be subject to UN and international sanctions until it abides by and meets its obligations under international law” – Nasser Mashni, APAN President.

Labor warned against AUKUS-Palestine deal at ALP national conference

The Australian

Photo of Anthony Albanese and Joe Biden shaking hands
July 25, 2023

“Recognising Palestine is already Labor policy, supported by the majority of Australians as a reasonable, moderate policy… Justice for Palestine is of concern to people across the party, in all factions, from the Prime Minister to unions and the grassroots. It doesn’t need to be a political football” – Nasser Mashni, APAN President.

Doug Cameron warns Anthony Albanese of contest over nuke subs, Palestine at conference

The Australian

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July 24, 2023

“Australia Palestine Advocacy Network president Nasser Mashni said “justice for Palestine” was clearly a priority” for Labor, noting the last federal conference called for recognition of a Palestinian state,” writes Packham, Brown & Panagopoulos.

USyd considers adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism

Honi Soit

Photo of an Al Quds day protest
July 11, 2023

“This step has received criticism from Palestinian advocacy groups like Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN). USyd Ethnocultural Officer and APAN-member called the IHRA definition “an incorrect conflation between Israel as a state and the Jewish people. Antisemitism is not anti-Zionism, just as opposing Australia’s colonial project is not therefore ‘racist against white Australians’,” writes Misbah Ansari.

Politicians jet to the Middle East amid Euro summer holiday rush

The Sydney Morning Herald

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July 10, 2023

“Meanwhile, the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network held its first study tour to Palestine since borders reopened, with Labor’s blow-in Parramatta MP Andrew Charlton and Senator Louise Pratt spotted in Ramallah last week. It comes as the Albanese government faces pressure from within the Labor camp to recognise a Palestinian state.Unlike Israel trips, the APAN tour is partially self-funded, with politicians stumping up for their own airfares,” writes Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell.

Randwick Council votes to fly Palestinian flag on November 29

The Daily Telegraph

Photo of Randwick Council protest
June 30, 2023

“APAN president Nasser Mashni said… those who fly the flag across the globe “shows that the world does not support this violent repression” by an Israeli Government he said “forbids the flying of the Palestinian flag” and often imprisoning those who choose to do so,” writes Aymon Bertah.

Anthony Albanese urged to recognise Palestine ‘in this term’

The Australian

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June 21, 2023

“Labor’s 2021 national platform supported “the recognition and right of Israel and Palestine to exist as two states within secure and recognised borders” and called on “the next Labor government” to recognise Palestine as a state,” writes Sarah Ison.

ALP factions pull punches on AUKUS but back Palestine

Australian Financial Review

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June 18, 2023

“The ALP has been moving towards recognition as an affirmation of Palestinian rights to self determination for nearly a decade. With extremists at the helm in Israel, there has never been a better time to enact this policy,” said Nasser Mashni, President of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network

Victorian Labor gives Albanese deadline to recognise Palestine

The Sydney Morning Herald

Photo of Bob Carr
June 18, 2023

“Carr, an outspoken supporter of Palestinian recognition, said Israel was persisting with a “cruel occupation that includes apartheid laws. It is not interested in negotiating a two-state solution and around the world patience with Benjamin Netanyahu has run out,” writes James Massola.

 

Australian Greens say Israel perpetrates the crime of apartheid

The Electronic Intifada

Photo of a Palestine protest at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
June 16, 2023

“For too long Australian politics has been bogged down in the now defunct ‘two-state solution paradigm,’ it is well past time for Australian politics to speak to the facts on the ground…. Israel is guilty of apartheid,” – Nasser Mashni, President of APAN.

Pro-Palestine groups call on universities to reject antisemitism definition which includes ‘targeting Israel’

The Guardian

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March 30, 2023

“We welcome ANU’s responsible decision to protect the rights and freedoms of academics and students by choosing not to take on this politicised and discredited definition of antisemitism. It’s important that antisemitism and other forms of racism are addressed, and we already have effective measures in place” – Nasser Mashni, APAN president

Key sponsor boycotts writers’ festival over inclusion of Palestinian authors

Brisbane Times

Photo of Mohammed El-Kurd and Susan Abulhawa
February 21, 2023

“Palestinians are angry at their treatment by the State of Israel, not because their oppressors are Jewish, but because they live under a cruel and barbaric siege, their anger comes from people being killed, maimed and oppressed … We cannot censor the political views of Palestinians because they are unpopular” – Nasser Mashni, APAN president.

Australian universities split on decision to adopt controversial definition of antisemitism

The Guardian

Photo of University of New South Wales
February 6, 2023

The Australia Palestine Advocacy Network said it was “disturbed” by the lack of transparency. “Universities that have adopted the definition have not consulted with community groups or stakeholders,” said its president, Nasser Mashni. “Some universities have engaged with us on this issue, but others have either refused to acknowledge our correspondence, or misled us.”

Organising for Palestine on stolen land

Women on the Line - 3CR

February 6, 2023

Excerpts from APAN’s inaugural Palestine Solidarity Conference featuring Randa Abdel-Fattah, Micaela Sahhar, Kim Bullimore, Senator Lidia Thorpe, Noura Mansour, Rand Khatib, and Tasnim Mahmoud Sammak.

Palestine Solidarity Conference draws widespread support

Green Left

Photo of the Palestine Solidarity Conference
February 4, 2023

“Discussions centred on how to raise public awareness about Palestinian human rights and oppression, rather than be derailed by endless discussions on differences between internal Palestinian political forces or what a final Palestine/Israel state will look like,” writes Michael Bull.


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