by AJDS | Aug 7, 2022 | Blog, Statements
The AJDS is strongly against the new round of violence involving Gaza and Israel in operation Breaking Dawn. We recognise that victims of Israeli rockets are overwhelmingly civilians and that Israelis across Israel are living in fear of rocket attacks launched by...
by Larryjhs | May 30, 2022 | Blog, Event
by Larryjhs | May 19, 2022 | Blog
The proposed Victorian ban on displaying the swastika in public is not simple and straight forward. The Nazi symbol is certainly offensive but that the laws banning it should, as discussed in the attached press release from Liberty, Victoria be appropriate and...
by admin | May 16, 2022 | Blog, Statements
The attached letter was sent to UMSU on 12 May, and the substantive text is as follows: “The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS), founded in 1984 has consistently called for a just, negotiated resolution of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians...
by AJDS | Apr 24, 2022 | Blog, Statements
AJDS has made a submission to Glen Eira Council (Victoria), for consideration at its Council meeting on April 26, 2022. The AJDS considers the adoption of the IHRA Working Definition as highly problematic, for the following reasons. It was not intended by its drafters...
by AJDS | May 20, 2021 | Blog, Statements
24 May 2021 Once again, Israel and Hamas have been at loggerheads during the recent hostilities, but this time the Palestinian citizens of Israel are now involved in one of the most dangerous situations for many years. They are protesting both their own inequality and...