by AJDS | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By former AJDS Executive Committee Member Harold Zwier On November 29, 2012, the General Assembly of the United Nations voted to upgrade the Palestinian status to a non-member observer state. The UN adopted the resolution by a majority of 138 in favour to 9 against...
by AJDS | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By AJDS Executive Committee Member Larry Stillman For reasons of space this is a summary of a much longer analysis which is appended here. The Jewish Community Council’s condemnation of the AJDS for alleged sins and crimes brings forth the big question—so just what is...
by AJDS | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By AJDS Executive Committee Member – Dennis Martin At a recent plenum meeting of the JCCV the policy of the AJDS calling for a boycott of goods manufactured in the West Bank was strongly condemned by a large majority of the attending delegates. This response did...
by AJDS | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog, Newsletter
By AJDS Executive Committee Member – Jemima Light Recently, the Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) was condemned by the JCCV in a motion moved by the State Zionist Council of Victoria. The motion ‘deplores and condemns the [Don’t Buy from the Settlements...
by AJDS | May 27, 2013 | Blog
By AJDS Executive The proposal by the Coalition as reported in the media to block funding to individual academics and institutions who support or propose Boycott Divestment or Sanctions (BDS) is a draconian attack on academic freedom and independence. Debates within...