All posts tagged Colin Rubenstein

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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