Isaac Herzog, Chairman of the Jewish Agency with Jeremy Leibler from Herzog's visit to Australia in 2018. President of the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA), Jeremy Leibler has met with with Isaac Herzog, Chairman of the Jewish Agency in Jerusalem to express the serious concerns of...
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has offered its congratulations to Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Coalition for their re-election following Australia’s Federal Election. President of the ZFA Jeremy Leibler said “On behalf of the Australian Jewish community, we congratulate Prime Minister Scott Morrison and...
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) has expressed its deepest sympathies and condolences on behalf of the Australian Jewish community to the family of the late Bob Hawke, Australia’s 23rd Prime Minister, in news of his passing at age 89 on the 16th of May...
6 May 2019. This Statement has been updated to reflect the number of casualties and rockets fired from Gaza at Israeli civilians. 7 May 2019. The names of all four victims who lost their lives as a result of terror and total injuries have been updated...
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) expresses its outrage over the San Diego Synagogue shooting at the Congregation Chabad synagogue in Poway, California, near San Diego during Saturday morning services on the last day of Passover. About 100 members of the congregation were present. Four people...
The following is a letter sent to Tony Walker in response to his column in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald 18/04/2019, headed, “Melissa Parke incident raises difficult questions about Israel” Dear Tony, I read your column this morning and wanted to respond to several of the...
President of the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA), Jeremy Leibler: “Rafi Eitan was a hero of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. His service did not begin or end with the capture of Eichmann. He fought in the pre-State Haganah and was injured in...
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) does not typically comment on the internal political machinations of the State of Israel. Israel operates its system on robust democratic principles, and it is inevitable that observers from afar will deeply disagree with one or more parties in...
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) is deeply concerned about allegations that Israeli Deputy Health Minister Yaakov Litzman has obstructed legal proceedings by working to obtain false medical reports to prevent the extradition of Malka Leifer. Leifer, an alleged paedophile and former Principal of Addass Israel school in...
The belated response by one of the most senior and influential rabbinic figures in the National-Religious community in Israel to a growing sexual abuse scandal has been condemned by the Zionist Federation of Australia as inadequate, irresponsible and unacceptable. The scandal revolves around the manner in...
[caption id="attachment_12468" align="alignnone" width="300"] Arens in 1984: (Source: Rex )[/caption] The ZFA sends its condolences to the family of the late Moshe Arens who passed away on Monday, aged 93. Arens is survived by his wife Muriel, four children and many grandchildren. Born in Lithuania, Arens spent...
For Immediate Release The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) believes that unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state is counterproductive to bringing about a two state solution and peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Therefore, the adopted resolution at the Australian Labor Party’s National Conference to seek...
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...
The Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) strongly supports the Government in reaffirming its commitment to review the possible relocation of its Embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem and thus, formally recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. This commitment reflects the almost 70 years of close diplomatic...
The Zionist Federation of Australia strongly condemns Hamas and other terrorist organisations operating in Gaza for firing over 300 rockets at Israeli civilians over the course of a few hours. Jeremy Leibler, President of the Zionist Federation of Australia, said: “The incessant rocket barrage from Hamas terrorists in Gaza...
