Advocacy

As the United States passes the first 100 days of the Trump presidency, Israel remains hopeful, but with increasing concerns about the Trump administration’s priorities and full understanding of the situation. Following Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting with President Trump on 8 April, when frankly Netanyahu must have been somewhat disappointed, there was a phone call […]

There is no doubt that President Trump is a friend of Israel. At the same time, he is not a member of the World Zionist Organisation. The question is the nature of the friendship, which is looking increasingly in some important areas, like that of a parent with a young child, when the parent ‘knows […]

We are in a very strange period of time. Phase 1 of the hostage release is concluded. This leaves 59 hostages in the brutal hands of Hamas and the so-called good residents of Gaza, of whom 35 are confirmed deceased. Phase 2, which was meant to include negotiations for the release of the rest of […]

We are nearing the final stages of the first phase of the hostage deal. Israel has received the bodies of 4 of those murdered in captivity by Hamas – the 2 Bibas children, Kfir and Ariel, as well as their mother Shiri, and 84 year old Oded Lifshitz. All taken from their homes in Nir […]

Emily, Romi and Doron are now back home with their families. The whole of Israel and the Jewish world, as well as many many supporters are relieved, elated and thankful. Most would say it is a bad deal. But one that is worthwhile. Both can be true at the same time. For supporters or detractors […]

Much has changed in Israel in the past few weeks, whilst many things remain the same. Gidon Sa’ar has tried to rescue his political career by rejoining the Netanyahu government. Whether it will work for him or not, time will tell, but it has certainly worked for Prime Minister Netanyahu, enlarging his coalition and providing […]

Theodore Herzl was born in Hungary in 1860 and moved to Paris in 1891, from where he reported for the Viennese newspaper, Neue Freie Presse. It was there that three years later, he witnessed the deep antisemitism and hypocrisy of the French people and the French government, in the infamous Dreyfus Affair. Sadly, if he […]

The end of the Golden Age for Australian Jewry? Maybe………. Some serious people claim it is. I am not exactly sure when the Golden Age was during my life time. The vicious anti-Israel resolutions and sometimes violence on campuses in the 1970’s? The 15 years we endured United Nations resolution 3379 that equated Zionism with […]

The Greens have yet again shown they are nothing but a Party of division who promote hatred of Israel to win votes and sow disunity. ZFA President, Jeremy Leibler, said “their stunt in the Senate today to demand the Government sanction the State of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu and other members of the Israeli government, […]

Overnight, the United Nations admitted that “the evidence was sufficient to conclude” that nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency “may have been involved in the seventh of October attacks,” resulting in their employment termination. Zionist Federation of Australia President, Jeremy Leibler, said “with the United Nations own findings, it could […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia acknowledges the findings of Special Adviser Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin’s report following the tragic accidental death of Ms Zomi Franckom. ACM Binskin’s assessment was “that the IDF strike on the WCK aid workers was not knowingly or deliberately directed against the WCK.” The Special Envoy confirmed that Israel’s investigation, […]

Nobody gives a speech like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His address to the US Congress was exceptional. High on rhetoric and emotion and largely well received. Notwithstanding some notable absentees, it was a tour de force. While his 2015 address to Congress during the tenure of US President Barack Obama was seen as partisan […]