by AJDS | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
Rabbi Jonathon Keren-Black is the rabbi at Leo Baeck centre. He established JECO (the Jewish Ecological Coalition) and was instrumental in establishing GreenFaith Australia. About a month ago, Rabbis across Melbourne were invited to meet with Scott Morrison, who I...
by AJDS | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Bassam Dally is a Palestinian-Israeli-Australian academic, advocate and commentator. He is an executive member of AFOPA and Vice President of APAN. “We should establish a new organisation called Palestine-Israel Liberation Organisation” said Obada in a conference on...
by AJDS | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Robin Rothfield. [email protected] Last year the Jewish Left remembered the 50th anniversary of the 6 day war and the occupation which followed this war. On the occupation the Left was united in its condemnation of the government of Netanyahu in its failure to...
by AJDS | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
There is an expectation in Jewish communities around the world that all Jews embrace Zionism and offer unquestioning support for Israel, ‘right or wrong’. Jewish identity and Zionism are commonly and deliberately blurred. Jews who criticise Israel or question Zionism...
by AJDS | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
The following is the editorial from the special edition of the forward commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Nakba. You can view the full edition here.We present this special issue to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Nakba, the Arabic word for...
by AJDS | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog, Newsletter
Awad Abdel Fattah is a former head of the Balad Party and a co-founder of the One Democratic State Campaign (ODSc). Originally published in +972.The Great Return March has the potential to lend its momentum to grassroots and popular struggles beyond Gaza’s fence, in...