Sam­ple from the doc­u­ment, a fore­word from Min­is­ter for For­eign Affairs, Stephen Smith MP

Israel’s cel­e­bra­tion of six decades of state­hood offers an oppor­tune moment to reflect on and cel­e­brate the vital­i­ty of the Aus­tralia-Israel rela­tion­ship – a rela­tion­ship under­pinned by strong com­mu­ni­ty links, long-stand­ing polit­i­cal friend­ship and increas­ing­ly robust eco­nom­ic and com­mer­cial ties. The Aus­tralian Par­lia­ment wel­comed the 60th anniver­sary with a bi-par­ti­san Par­lia­men­tary motion on 12 March 2008.

This pub­li­ca­tion presents a vivid and mov­ing pic­to­r­i­al record of the strong and endur­ing rela­tions between our two coun­tries. Sur­veyed through four themes – shared his­to­ry; a polit­i­cal com­mit­ment; peo­ple-to-peo­ple con­nec­tions; and sci­ence, tech­nol­o­gy and trade – it details the nation­al and indi­vid­ual con­tri­bu­tions that have deliv­ered a robust and pos­i­tive bilat­er­al exchange despite the geo­graph­ic dis­tance between our two coun­tries.

The achieve­ments cel­e­brat­ed in this book reflect Australia’s long-stand­ing sup­port for Israel in seek­ing peace in its region. The book reflects Australia’s his­tor­i­cal and con­tem­po­rary com­mit­ment to that objec­tive.

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