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Addressing fellow delegates following the release of the first report by the UNHRC's Commission of Inquiry into alleged Israeli human rights abuses in Geneva, Australia's ambassador to the U.N. Amanda Gorely expressed the Australian government's “fundamental concerns” about the permanent inquiry and the “disproportionate scrutiny” of Israel. The Zionist Federation of Australia welcomed the Australian…
The University of Melbourne Student Union has rescinded the resolution titled ‘UMSU stands with Palestine - BDS and Student Policy’, passed by the council at the end of last month. This decision comes after countless meetings between AUJS and UMSU and the legal action taken by Melbourne University student Justin Riazaty against UMSU for racial…
Jewish organisations have slammed the Council of the University of Melbourne Student Union for voting for a motion that was strongly anti-Israel and pro-BDS as reported on J-Wire on Friday. Zionist Federation of Australia President Jeremy Leibler said, “The student union has shamed itself with this motion. Zionism is Jewish self-determination and it is a…