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Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
April 19, 2019, 12:00 am
Committed to West Jerusalem as capital
COMMUNAL leaders have welcomed the opening of a new Australian Trade and Defence Office in Jerusalem as a sign of Australia's continued commitment to recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
Josh Wilson speaking in Parliament last year. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
April 18, 2019, 12:00 am
‘An insult to our national debate’
AS the Australian Labor Party battles against anti-Israel elements within its ranks, leader Bill Shorten has stressed that a "Shorten Labor government will be committed to maintaining close ties with Israel".
Greens candidate for Macnamara, Steph Hodgins-May.
April 5, 2019, 12:00 am
Greens’ post slammed
JEWISH leaders have expressed their disgust at a gibe by a Greens staffer working for Macnamara candidate Steph Hodgins-May that deaths in Gaza were Israeli "genocide".
By Peter Kohn
Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
March 29, 2019, 12:00 am
Australia backs Israel at the UN
SCOTT Morrison's government has received kudos from the Jewish community for its stand against a spate of anti-Israel resolutions by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
By Peter Kohn
An Israeli house hit by a Hamas rocket this week. Photo: Israel Police
March 28, 2019, 12:00 am
Australian Jewish leaders condemn Hamas attacks
JEWISH community leaders in Australia have condemned a barrage of Hamas rocket attacks against civilians in central Israel this week. 
By Peter Kohn
Police stand outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019. Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of people attending Friday prayers, as New Zealand police warned people to stay indoors as they tried to determine if more than one gunman was involved. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
March 15, 2019, 4:06 pm
Terrorist kills Muslim worshippers in Christchurch
AUSTRALIA’S Jewish community has reacted in horror at news a terrorist shot and killed 40 people at two mosques in Christchurch.
By Gareth Narunsky
Meir Kahane addresses his followers during a demonstration in Jerusalem in 1984. Photo: Nati Harnik/GPO
February 28, 2019, 12:01 am
‘A betrayal of Jewish values’
THE Benjamin Netanyahu-brokered merger of Israel's Jewish Home party with the far-right Jewish Power has been met with unanimous concern from Australia's peak Jewish groups.
Scott Morrison speaking in Parliament.
February 21, 2019, 12:01 am
‘A rare show of unity’
THE Morrison government "will not turn a blind eye to an antisemitic agenda masquerading as defence of human rights in the UN", Prime Minister Scott Morrison said this week.
By Gareth Narunsky
Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad faces the media on Monday. Photo: AP Photo/Yam G-Jun
January 31, 2019, 12:01 am
Disqualified!
THE International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.
By Gareth Narunsky
People at the rally performed Nazi salutes. Photo: Screengrab, ABC News
January 10, 2019, 12:01 am
‘Confine these views to the dustbin of history’
JEWISH leaders have joined a legion of Australians condemning an anti-immigration rally in Melbourne on Saturday attended by Queensland senator Fraser Anning, at which neo-Nazi salutes were made and Nazi paraphernalia was displayed.
By Peter Kohn
ECAJ co-CEO Peter Wertheim. Photo: Noel Kessel
December 23, 2018, 12:01 am
ECAJ ‘cautiously welcomes’ findings
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has "cautiously welcomed" the long-awaited release of the Religious Freedom Review and the federal government's response.
By Gareth Narunsky
Penny Wong addressing the Labor Party National Conference on Tuesday. Photo: AAP Image/Lukas Coch
December 20, 2018, 6:49 pm
Lines drawn in the sand
SEVENTY years of Australian bipartisan agreement on Israel are over. On Tuesday, four days after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced that Australia now recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the Australian Labor Party – which says it will reverse that recognition in government – passed a resolution to recognise Palestine as a state.
By Gareth Narunsky
Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaking at the Sydney Institute last Saturday. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
December 20, 2018, 6:45 pm
Mixed reaction to Prime Minister’s announcement
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has called Labor's pledge to reverse the Morrison government's recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital "hasty and ill-advised".
By Gareth Narunsky
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