The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) expressed its deep gratitude to former Foreign Minister, the Hon. Julie Bishop MP, on the occasion of her announcement that she will be retiring from politics at the next federal election. During her time as a Member of Parliament and most notably, during her tenure as Foreign Minister, Ms. […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has welcomed the speeches by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten delivered in Parliament marking 70 years of diplomatic relations between Australia and Israel. President of the ZFA, Jeremy Leibler said, “The words spoken in Federal Parliament today by both the Prime Minister and the Leader […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has welcomed the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision that it would strip Malaysia of its right to host the upcoming World Para Swimming Championships, after Malaysia announced that it would ban Israeli athletes from competing – the only country in the world whose athletes were to be excluded. The […]

For Immediate Release: The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) welcomes the Australian Government’s principled decision to vote against six biased resolutions at the United Nations General Assembly. President of the ZFA Jeremy Leibler said, “We thank the Australian government for demonstrating moral clarity and changing its previous position of abstaining to voting against these biased […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia has welcomed today’s decision by the Government to consider moving its Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and thus formally recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.   Dr. Danny Lamm AM, President of the ZFA said, “Prime Minister Scott Morrison is to be congratulated for an outstanding statement of strength and […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) is delighted with the decision by the United States to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and hopes that Australia will give serious consideration to following suit.   President Dr Danny Lamm AM said, “It has been obvious for quite some time now, that the UNHRC […]

Dr Danny Lamm AM, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, expressed his gratitude to Australia for voting against a United Nations General Assembly resolution which condemned Israel for the situation in Gaza. He said, “I am proud that Australia was one of the eight nations who defended Israel’s right to defend itself. I congratulate […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) applauds Australia on its principled vote in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday. The UNHRC which counts human rights luminaries such as Saudi Arabia, Rwanda, Qatar and Iraq as members has an obsessive pre-occupation with Israel which resulted in the passage of yet another five resolutions […]

On Wednesday it was revealed that Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 8200 helped to foil an Islamic State attempt to bomb a flight from Sydney last August. Israeli intelligence transferred information to Australian authorities, leading to the arrest of a number of suspects who were in the advanced stages of preparing an attack that would […]

Statement on UN General Assembly vote on US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital: Dr. Danny Lamm, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, expressed his disappointment at the shameful United Nations General Assembly vote which called for the United States to rescind their recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “In 2017 alone, […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia is delighted by the success of the communal function for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which was held at the Central Synagogue in Sydney last night in front of 2,000 community members, politicians and journalists.   PM Netanyahu and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull entered with the official party which […]

For Immediate Release  The Zionist Federation is delighted to welcome Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of his historic visit to Australia.   President of the ZFA, Dr. Danny Lamm said, “there has been much anticipation for this visit, and  now that the visit is upon us, I am glad that leaders of our […]