Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. Photo: Noel Kessel
July 5, 2018, 12:01 am
Our tax won’t ‘pay to slay’
THE Jewish community has cautiously welcomed a landmark announcement by the Australian government ending direct aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) through the World Bank, amid growing concerns that Australia's tax dollars may be helping to fund terrorism.
By Peter Kohn
Nikki Haley addressing the UN General Assembly last Wednesday. Photo: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
June 22, 2018, 12:01 am
‘Voice of truth, honesty’
THE United Nations General Assembly has "disgraced itself by siding with terrorists" after it passed a one-sided resolution last week condemning Israel for defending its Gaza border, Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Anton Block said.
By Gareth Narunsky
Nikki Haley speaking to reporters at the United Nations headquarters in New York, March 27, 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
June 22, 2018, 12:01 am
US quits UNHRC
THE Australian government has said it is "disappointed" at the decision of the United States to resign from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), over its "chronic", "unconscionable" and "well-documented" bias against Israel.
Julie Bishop in Parliament last week. Photo: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas
June 7, 2018, 12:01 am
Bishop questions PA’s ‘pay to slay’ policy
AN Israeli authority on Palestinian textbooks has urged Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to follow her new stance on Palestinian "martyr" payments with a tough line on Palestinian Authority (PA) ­schoolbooks.
By Nathan Jeffay and Gareth Narunsky
Australian representative to the UNHRC Sally Mansfield voted against the resolution. Photo: UN Photo /Elma Okic
May 24, 2018, 12:01 am
‘We can hold head high’
A UNITED Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution to investigate Israel's actions at the Gaza border during the recent violent unrest "failed the test of balance and impartiality", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said.
By Gareth Narunsky
Palestinian protestors near the Gaza border on Monday. Photo: EPA/Mohammed Saber
May 17, 2018, 12:01 am
Turnbull: Hamas to blame
THE deadliest day of violence on the Gaza border since Operation Protective Edge in 2014 saw 58 Palestinians reportedly killed on Monday while trying to infiltrate into Israel, around half of them known terrorists, according to the Israel Defence Forces.
By Gareth Narunsky
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
May 17, 2018, 12:01 am
Calls for Australia to follow US lead on Jerusalem Embassy rebuffed
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull has reiterated that Australia's Embassy in Israel will remain in Tel Aviv following the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.
By Gareth Narunsky
Donald Trump holds up the national security presidential memorandum on Iran that he signed this week. Photo: EPA/Michael Reynolds
May 10, 2018, 12:01 am
‘Defective’ deal ditched
AS global leaders reacted to Donald Trump's announcement in the early hours of Wednesday morning, Australian time, that he was pulling the United States out of the "decaying and rotten" Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, a deal that was "defective at its core", Israel, which welcomed the news, prepared for repercussions across its northern border.
Julie Bishop (front) with Yavneh students, politicians and communal leaders she met while visiting the Jewish school last week.
August 25, 2017, 12:01 am
Lib Friends of Israel Vic founded
STATE and Federal politicians came together last Friday to establish the Victorian Liberal Friends of Israel (LFI).
By Joshua Levi
A view of the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images.
October 20, 2016, 12:00 am
Australia urged to protest UNESCO resolution
The Australian government has been urged to denounce a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) resolution that ignores Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Kotel.
By Joshua Levi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
September 22, 2016, 12:00 am
Calls to ban Bibi
A petition calling for Benjamin Netanyahu to be barred from entering Australia has gathered more than 3000 signatures.
By Joshua Levi
Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg.
August 18, 2016, 12:00 am
Bishop calls for Wallenberg facts
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called for the truth to be revealed about the fate of Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg.
By Peter Kohn
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
June 2, 2016, 12:00 am
Australia stands up for Israel at World Health Organisation
As Foreign Minister Julie Bishop went on the campaign trail in Melbourne’s Jewish community on Tuesday, communal leaders thanked her for taking a principled stance against an anti-Israel motion put forward at the World Health Organisation (WHO) World Assembly.
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