All posts tagged Colin Rubenstein
Support for Syria strikes
FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has supported Israel’s right to self defence after the country launched air strikes on Syria in a bid to keep deadly weapons out of the grasp of Hezbollah terrorists.
Australia has ‘failed badly’ on Nazis
AUSTRALIA’S strategies for bringing alleged Nazi war criminals in this country to justice are fundamentally flawed, according to a key anti-Nazi campaigner. Broadcaster and historian Mark Aarons said Australia
Poll date dismay
ALL three Jewish members of federal Parliament have confirmed they intend to attend synagogue on election day, which this year coincides with Yom Kippur. In an unusual move, PM
Election defies pundits
THE Israeli election result flies in the face of media commentators and critics who had charged Israel with moving to the political right, local Jewish leaders say. Benjamin Netanyahu
Carr, Hague: ‘All settlements are illegal’
JEWISH leaders have criticised a joint statement by Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr and his British counterpart William Hague that labels all Israeli settlements illegal. The statement was released
Carr announces further Iran sanctions
FRESH on the heels of Australia’s appointment to chair the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee, the federal government last week announced further sanctions against Iran. Foreign Minister Bob Carr
Concern over Grand Mufti’s Hamas visit
AUSTRALIAN Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed’s meeting with Hamas officials – including Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh – in Gaza has been met with deep concern from Jewish community
Carr: mixed messages on Iran
A SPOKESPERSON for Foreign Minister Bob Carr has defended the federal government’s decision to send delegates to an international summit in Iran amid criticism the move lends legitimacy
IDF abuse reports: ‘crude propaganda’
“ANOTHER Israel-bashing headline”, “a flagrantly one-sided piece” and “threadbare and unsubstantiated allegations”. Just a handful of comments from community leaders and the Israeli embassy this week following the extensive
NSW state parliamentarians visit Israel
STATE government MPs Jonathan O’Dea and Peter Phelps joined a group of their Victorian Liberal counterparts on an Israel study tour last month. Coordinated by the Australia/Israel & Jewish















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