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Co-convener of the SA Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, Tony Piccolo.
June 29, 2017, 12:00 am
SA supports Palestine recognition
JEWISH leaders have expressed their deep disappointment at the South Australian Parliament’s vote to ask Canberra to recognise a Palestinian state, the first time an Australian parliament has done so.
By Peter Kohn
Philip Dalidakis. Photo: YouTube screenshot
March 3, 2017, 12:00 am
Dalidakis takes on grandees
Victoria's Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade has hit out at fellow Labor members who have called for Australia to recognise a Palestinian state.
Naftali Bennett responding to John Kerry's speech last week. Photo: EPA/Jim Hollander
January 5, 2017, 12:01 am
Bennett bolstered by UN resolution
Naftali Bennett, champion of the settler cause and leader of the rightist Jewish Home party is positioning himself as the man who has answers to international criticism.
The major parties have revealed their positions on key election issues of interest to Jewish voters.
June 23, 2016, 12:00 am
Parties’ positions on key election issues
The five major parties that could decide the future of Australia after the election said they do not support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel and would fund security for Jewish schools and institutions if it was recommended by police or ASIO.
By Joshua Levi
November 21, 2013, 12:00 am
Coalition changes anti-Israel votes at UN
AUSTRALIA’S new government has changed the country’s vote on two annual United Nations motions condemning Israeli settlements.
By Gareth Narunsky
August 8, 2013, 12:00 am
Howard: ‘We wouldn’t have abstained’
AS Australia swings into election mode, former prime minister John Howard has said his government would not have abstained from the United Nations’ vote on Palestinian statehood.
By Gareth Narunsky
September 28, 2011, 9:41 am
Abbott, Lew on the same page
IT seemed scripted – a prominent businessman unleashes on the ineffectiveness of the government, following which, the alternative prime minister stands up to present a case that things would be different with him at the helm.
August 11, 2011, 9:50 am
Rudd stance a ‘surprise’
THE Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has expressed concern at reports that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd wants Australia to abstain from next month’s United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood.
By Gareth Narunsky
August 5, 2011, 12:00 am
Oz shares peace hopes
ISRAEL should be the first state to officially recognise Palestine, should United Nations members vote in favour of an upcoming resolution to create the state, declared prominent Israeli author Amos Oz in Sydney this week.
United States president Barack Obama. Photo: AJN file
May 26, 2011, 1:26 pm
Obama says UN-declared Palestinian state a ‘mistake’
The late Yasser Arafat (left) with current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: AJN file
December 28, 2010, 12:34 pm
UK considers recognizing Palestinian diplomats
AFTER several South American countries recognized an independent Palestinian state, Britain is now considering upgrading the Palestinian delegation in London to the status of a diplomatic mission.
The late Yasser Arafat (left) with current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Photo: AJN file
December 7, 2010, 10:22 am
Argentina, Brazil recognise ‘Palestine’ in ’67 borders
ARGENTINA and Brazil have recognised a Palestinian state within 1967 borders.
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