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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...

President of the ZFA, Dr. Danny Lamm AM, praised PM Malcolm Turnbull and FM Julie Bishop for voting against a UN Human Rights Council resolution which called for an investigation into Palestinian deaths during protests along the Israel-Gaza border. Dr. Lamm said, “we thank the Australian government...

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Appalling: AJDS Settlement Boycott

Joint statement from Philip Chester, President, Zionist Federation of Australia and Sam Tatarka President of the Zionist Council of Victoria: The Zionist movement in Australia is appalled by the Australian Jewish Democratic Society's campaign which encourages people not to buy products produced in Israeli communities beyond the Green Line.  The idea that a Jewish organisation that purports to be a part of our community supports (even a part of) the insidious campaign of delegitimisation being waged by Israel's enemies is not only repugnant and immoral but also unfathomable. The leaders said:  "Campaigns that work to deepen the divide rather than encouraging mutual respect and recognition delay rather than hasten the true and lasting peace for which we all hope."