STATEMENT BY ANTON BLOCK, PRESIDENT, AND PETER WERTHEIM AM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Resolution on Israel-Palestinian conflict passed by NSW State ALP Conference on 30 July 2017 Clearly, Israel still has many friends within the ALP and they are to be applauded for ensuring that Bob Carr’s original motion was significantly amended before it was passed.
Last month, Labor Senator for Tasmania Lisa Singh gave a speech to Parliament which greatly concerned the ECAJ.
MEDIA RELEASE 17 July 2017 Judge Theodor Meron confirms that legality of settlements and recognition of Palestinian state are completely separate issues Former Australian Foreign Minister, Bob Carr, has on several occasions (see example here) cited the well-known opinion of Theodor Meron to Israel’s Prime Minister Levi Eshkol in September 1967, when Mr Meron (now Judge Meron) was Legal Adviser to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in which he concluded that “civilian settlement in the administered territories contravenes explicit provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention”.
The ECAJ welcomes the following statement from seven organisations and Dr Yadu Singh on behalf of the Indian community in Australia concerning NSW Labor’s planned motion to recognise Palestine at its conference later this month.
PROPOSALS TO AMEND SECTION 18C OF THE RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT Harmony Day 21 March 2017 As leaders of organisations representing a wide range of culturally diverse communities in Australia, we are profoundly disappointed at today’s announcement by the Federal government of its intention to amend section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
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