All posts tagged Palestinian Authority

A WAR of words has erupted over a controversial opinion piece in last week’s AJN (“Labor’s abstention explained” 18/01), in which Labor MP Mike Kelly slated the Liberal

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

ANALYSIS A MAN of conscience admirably speaking his mind, or a political meddler who doesn’t know when to keep his thoughts to himself? This was the question that resounded

AUSTRALIA’S Foreign Minister Bob Carr has again rebuked the Israeli government, following its approval of 1500 new housing units in East Jerusalem late last year, describing the move

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr (pictured) took the extraordinary step of summoning Israeli Ambassador to Australia Yuval Rotem to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) earlier this

THE Gillard government this week announced it would abstain from a United Nations vote on whether the Palestinian territories should be granted observer status, amid reports of a

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has urged Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) to return to the negotiating table on a diplomatic visit to the region this week. Carr met

LOCAL Jewish leaders have responded with concern to the visit of a prominent Arab businessman and management speaker with a history of incitement and anti-Semitism. Kuwaiti-born, US-educated Tareq Al-Suwaidan

NEW federal Greens leader Senator Christine Milne (pictured) has given a fresh assurance that her party does not support the global Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) against