Individual NZW Premiers may come and go but the annual bending-of-the-knee ritual at Israel Independence (from what?) Day gigs is mandatory for whoever 'leads' the state of NZW.
Last year of course, it was Barry (Baruch) O'Farrell, who gushed: "If one was restricted to a single word to describe Israel it would be extraordinary." (See my posts Barry to Baruch in 60 Seconds (9/5/14) and NZW Inc. (3/5/14))
Poor Baruch had probably consumed a tad too much Grange Hermitage at the time, but then that's another story...
This year, of course, it's the shiny new Mike (Miko?) Baird who "announced that if [his government] is re-elected in March 2015, he will commit to personally leading a trade delegation to Israel during his second term in office saying 'perhaps I cannot quite say 'Next Year in Jerusalem' but I can say 'next term in Jerusalem'." (Next term in Jerusalem, jwire.com.au, 14/5/14)
Good one, Miko!
In addition to laying the organisers of the gig (the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies, the Zionist Council of Australia, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, and the Zionist Federation of Australia) in the proverbial aisles, Miko also revealed his talents as a vocalist, crooning that old favourite, "Australia [was] the first country to vote in favour of the 1947 UN partition which created the Jewish State." (ibid)
No Zionist gig would be complete, however, without a reference to the Dark Side. And Miko did not disappoint, muttering darkly:
"We know there are those who make it their task to whip up fear and hatred towards Israel. Even here in multicultural Australia, one of the most distasteful examples is the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, which has such regrettable echoes of the past persecution of Jewish-owned businesses. The BDS campaign disgusts ordinary, decent Australians and attracts bipartisan condemnation." (Baird commits to visit Israel, The Australian Jewish News, 16/5/14)
Jeepers creepers, you could almost hear the sound of jackboots and shattering glass!
But Miko was merely the icing on Israel's birthday cake:
Among the 500 glitterati, "diplomats [34 + Israeli ambassador, Shmuel Ben-Shmuel], politicians and community, faith and business leaders," were to be found "John Robertson (Opposition Leader), David Clarke (Parliamentary Secretary), David Elliott (Parliamentary Secretary), Matt Kean (Parliamentary Secretary) and Paul Fletcher (Federal Parliamentary Secretary)." (Celebrating Israel's Independence Day, theindiansun.com.au, 15/5/14)
What particularly struck me, however, as a compulsive chronicler of such things, was this:
"Other notable people attending the celebration included Vic Alhadeff (Chairman, Community Relations Commission), Stepan Kerkyasharian (President, Anti-Discrimination Board), Dr Tim Soutphommasane (Race Discrimination Commissioner), and Tim Wilson (Human Rights Commissioner)." (ibid)
That is, almost all of the heads of all of the official, taxpayer-funded, multicultural, anti-racist, anti-discrimination, and pro-human rights bodies in Australia were gathered together in celebration of a state, founded on a monstrous act of ethnic cleansing, that has become a byword for ethno-religious exclusivism and human rights abuses.
You wouldn't read about it... at least not in the mainstream press.
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
From Flower to Flower...
"If patient perseverence in pursuit of the object aimed at deserves recognition, then the Zionists deserved the recognition they met with. For with the activity displayed by bees in the high tide of the honey flow, the Zionists contacted with British politicians and flitted from flower to flower gathering pollen as they flew, with the punctilious attention to preliminary detail shown by bees, in preparing the necessary documents for presentation to the British Government." (Frances E. Newton, Fifty Years in Palestine, 1948, p 198)
In my previous post I made a passing reference to the current issue (Vol 2 2012) of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' newsletter At the Board. While it may be just a glossy 4-page insert in The Australian Jewish News appearing twice a year, if ever you wanted a wide-lens snapshot of the extensive lobbying and networking efforts of the Israel lobby, this is it.
As always in these matters, don't be deceived by the name Jewish Board of Deputies. Its newsletter may be crowded with photos, but there's nary a kippah, let alone a shtreimel in any. No, the NSWJBoD (and its newsletter) is as Zionist as Theodor Herzl (an atheist BTW), and Zionists, who conflate the ancient faith with their modern political ideology, only ever pay lip service to the former, either exploiting elements of it to sell their secular, colonizing project in Palestine to a gullible West ('Jewish' state, 'Jewish' people), or using it as a convenient shield when under attack for their colonial-settler crimes against the indigenous Palestinian people (As NSWJBoD's CEO Vic Alhadeff puts it in his At the Board editorial: "Criticism of Israel blurs into hatred of Jews.").
That defending and selling Israel is primarily what the NSWJBoD is all about is immediately evident:
Page 1 of At the Board leads with Only a credible threat will deter Iran, an item about the Jerusalem Post's military correspondent telling a rabble of Young Liberals (and at least one Young Labor) and a mob of polliewaffles (Ray Williams MP, Melinda Pavey MLC, Walt Secord MLC, Eric Roozendaal MLC, Tim Owen MP, Minister for Resource & Energy Chris Hartcher MP, Catherine Cusack MLC and Scot Macdonald MLC)* that the Americans (!) should beef up their forces in the Persian Gulf and threaten to attack Iran if it enriches uranium to 20%. [*Names gleaned from the multitude of group photos littering the page.]
Then there's NSW MP mission to Israel, where we learn that the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel will be undertaking a study mission to Israel under the auspices of the NSWJBoD in January 2013, and Advocacy mission to Israel, where we're informed that "a unique mission to Israel is being planned by the NSWJBoD in conjunction with the Israel-based HonestReporting organisation."
Turning to page 2, it becomes evident that getting academics on board is also a part of NSWJBoD's work, and what a wonderful opportunity to regale them with tales of Israel's scientific and technological derring do (See my 26/10/11 post Sucked in at Sydney University) is provided by Passover: In A first for academics, we learn that "80 senior academics from all 5 Sydney universities joined 20 Jewish leaders at an unprecedented Passover dinner at the University of NSW... organised by the NSWJBoD."
As for our state politicians, that deliberate take on American Independence Day, Israel Independence Day, provides a wonderful opportunity for ringing declarations of love for Israel (mere terms of endearment are apparently no longer good enough!): In Ties stronger than ever we learn that NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell addressed "550 leaders of NSW" at an "Israel Independence Day cocktail event," where he "reaffirmed his government's unwavering commitment to Israel and announced a review of the state's racial vilification legislation." A mega event this one, and so the NSWJBoD teamed up with the Zionist Council of NSW, ECAJ, and the Zionist Federation of Australia to bring it off.
[Let me run that past you again: Barry O'Farrell REAFFIRMED HIS GOVERNMENT'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL. Keep in mind that this is Barry O'Farrell, not Barry Obama, that this is state, not federal, politics, and that this US-style nonsense has gone unreported in the Australian ms media!]
Finally, tucked away in the lower right corner of the newsletter is an item headlined Students explore cultures. It's accompanied by a photo of two female students from Emanuel School* and a student from Auburn Girls High wearing a hijab: "600 students came together to share their cultural differences at the Board of Deputies' Youth Encounters and Respect Understanding and Acceptance programs." [*Given that Emanuel School is described on its website as "a Jewish Community School that nurtures a commitment to Jewish community, heritage, ethical living and the State of Israel," one can only speculate as to whether the proverbial elephant-in-the-room put in an appearance.]
Now selling Israel to Australian politicians is obviously easier than selling it to the general public. A sponsored trip to Israel, a fundraiser or two, or donations to party coffers* can usually do the trick (See, for example, my posts The Best Israel Policy Money Can Buy (22/6/10) and Julia Irwin Spills the Beans (11/8/10)), but for the wider community, especially the Christians and Muslims among them, interfaith and other joint functions can be used to normalise Israeli colonization and apartheid. If the matter doesn't arise, then the NSWJBoD can pass as stirling advocates of multicultural harmony and religious tolerance: if it does, then it can be spun as a religious issue, requiring a degree of understanding and tolerance on the part of the function's Arab Muslim participants, or maybe portrayed as too divisive an issue to be raised in a harmonious, multicultural Australia:
The banner heading for page 3 reads: Sharing cultures, values and foods. The text which follows informs us that: "The Jewish community has been involved in numerous outreach endeavours in recent weeks. These include a Shabbat dinner with leaders of the the Chinese community; a Jewish-Muslim cooking project; a Shabbat dinner with 50 Young Labor leaders; a Jewish-Muslim young executive forum; and the Abraham Conference, which brings together Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives. All were organised by the Board of Deputies in conjunction with partner organisations."
[Oh to have been a fly on the wall at the Young Labor Shabbat dinner, which apparently (according to a J-Wire account (29/4) brought Young Labor's movers and shakers together with members of the Australian Union of Jewish Students. We learn that the attendees were addressed by Eric Rozendaal MLC: Did he, I wonder, reprise his performance in the Legislative Council last year, where he described BDS as "sinister" and muttered darkly about Max Brenner boycotts recalling Germany in the thirties?]
At the bottom of the page is a message from NSWJBoD president Yair Miller in which he invites his readers to "sign up to take a Talking About Israel course."
Page 4 leads with an item on Parliamentary Friends of Israel. We are reminded that "The PFoI group was relaunched with a major function at State Parliament House. Premier Barry O'Farrell MP, Opposition Leader John Robertson MP and Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem addressed the event, which was attended by representatives of 6 political parties."
Next comes Lunch with opinion-makers, about the JBoD Luncheon Club which brought together such political and media luminaries as Victor Dominelli MP (Minister for Communities), Mike Kelly MP (Parliamentary Secretary for Defence), Walt Secord (Labor MLC), Clive Mathieson (Editor of The Australian), Imre Salusinszky (journalist for The Australian), Julie Bishop MP (Shadow Foreign Minister), Jeremy Buckingham (Greens MLC), Max Phillips (Marrickville Greens councillor and Buckingham offsider), and Robert Borsak (Shooters & Fishers Party MLC). You'll note the presence there of the Israel lobby's allies in the Murdoch press and its new Greens recruits.
And last, but by no means least, we have a word from the NSWJBoD's CEO Vic Alhadeff, darkly warning that "Criticism of Israel blurs into hatred of Jews."
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies: Busy bees indeed.
[*For example, in 2001 Frank Lowy donated $300,000 each to the Coalition and Labor; Richard Pratt $218,000 to the Coalition and $125,000 to Labor; and Harry Triguboff $278,000 to the Coalition and $107,000 to Labor. (Cited in Jews & Australian Politics, Levey & Mendes, 2004, p 139)]
In my previous post I made a passing reference to the current issue (Vol 2 2012) of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies' newsletter At the Board. While it may be just a glossy 4-page insert in The Australian Jewish News appearing twice a year, if ever you wanted a wide-lens snapshot of the extensive lobbying and networking efforts of the Israel lobby, this is it.
As always in these matters, don't be deceived by the name Jewish Board of Deputies. Its newsletter may be crowded with photos, but there's nary a kippah, let alone a shtreimel in any. No, the NSWJBoD (and its newsletter) is as Zionist as Theodor Herzl (an atheist BTW), and Zionists, who conflate the ancient faith with their modern political ideology, only ever pay lip service to the former, either exploiting elements of it to sell their secular, colonizing project in Palestine to a gullible West ('Jewish' state, 'Jewish' people), or using it as a convenient shield when under attack for their colonial-settler crimes against the indigenous Palestinian people (As NSWJBoD's CEO Vic Alhadeff puts it in his At the Board editorial: "Criticism of Israel blurs into hatred of Jews.").
That defending and selling Israel is primarily what the NSWJBoD is all about is immediately evident:
Page 1 of At the Board leads with Only a credible threat will deter Iran, an item about the Jerusalem Post's military correspondent telling a rabble of Young Liberals (and at least one Young Labor) and a mob of polliewaffles (Ray Williams MP, Melinda Pavey MLC, Walt Secord MLC, Eric Roozendaal MLC, Tim Owen MP, Minister for Resource & Energy Chris Hartcher MP, Catherine Cusack MLC and Scot Macdonald MLC)* that the Americans (!) should beef up their forces in the Persian Gulf and threaten to attack Iran if it enriches uranium to 20%. [*Names gleaned from the multitude of group photos littering the page.]
Then there's NSW MP mission to Israel, where we learn that the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel will be undertaking a study mission to Israel under the auspices of the NSWJBoD in January 2013, and Advocacy mission to Israel, where we're informed that "a unique mission to Israel is being planned by the NSWJBoD in conjunction with the Israel-based HonestReporting organisation."
Turning to page 2, it becomes evident that getting academics on board is also a part of NSWJBoD's work, and what a wonderful opportunity to regale them with tales of Israel's scientific and technological derring do (See my 26/10/11 post Sucked in at Sydney University) is provided by Passover: In A first for academics, we learn that "80 senior academics from all 5 Sydney universities joined 20 Jewish leaders at an unprecedented Passover dinner at the University of NSW... organised by the NSWJBoD."
As for our state politicians, that deliberate take on American Independence Day, Israel Independence Day, provides a wonderful opportunity for ringing declarations of love for Israel (mere terms of endearment are apparently no longer good enough!): In Ties stronger than ever we learn that NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell addressed "550 leaders of NSW" at an "Israel Independence Day cocktail event," where he "reaffirmed his government's unwavering commitment to Israel and announced a review of the state's racial vilification legislation." A mega event this one, and so the NSWJBoD teamed up with the Zionist Council of NSW, ECAJ, and the Zionist Federation of Australia to bring it off.
[Let me run that past you again: Barry O'Farrell REAFFIRMED HIS GOVERNMENT'S UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL. Keep in mind that this is Barry O'Farrell, not Barry Obama, that this is state, not federal, politics, and that this US-style nonsense has gone unreported in the Australian ms media!]
Finally, tucked away in the lower right corner of the newsletter is an item headlined Students explore cultures. It's accompanied by a photo of two female students from Emanuel School* and a student from Auburn Girls High wearing a hijab: "600 students came together to share their cultural differences at the Board of Deputies' Youth Encounters and Respect Understanding and Acceptance programs." [*Given that Emanuel School is described on its website as "a Jewish Community School that nurtures a commitment to Jewish community, heritage, ethical living and the State of Israel," one can only speculate as to whether the proverbial elephant-in-the-room put in an appearance.]
Now selling Israel to Australian politicians is obviously easier than selling it to the general public. A sponsored trip to Israel, a fundraiser or two, or donations to party coffers* can usually do the trick (See, for example, my posts The Best Israel Policy Money Can Buy (22/6/10) and Julia Irwin Spills the Beans (11/8/10)), but for the wider community, especially the Christians and Muslims among them, interfaith and other joint functions can be used to normalise Israeli colonization and apartheid. If the matter doesn't arise, then the NSWJBoD can pass as stirling advocates of multicultural harmony and religious tolerance: if it does, then it can be spun as a religious issue, requiring a degree of understanding and tolerance on the part of the function's Arab Muslim participants, or maybe portrayed as too divisive an issue to be raised in a harmonious, multicultural Australia:
The banner heading for page 3 reads: Sharing cultures, values and foods. The text which follows informs us that: "The Jewish community has been involved in numerous outreach endeavours in recent weeks. These include a Shabbat dinner with leaders of the the Chinese community; a Jewish-Muslim cooking project; a Shabbat dinner with 50 Young Labor leaders; a Jewish-Muslim young executive forum; and the Abraham Conference, which brings together Christian, Muslim and Jewish representatives. All were organised by the Board of Deputies in conjunction with partner organisations."
[Oh to have been a fly on the wall at the Young Labor Shabbat dinner, which apparently (according to a J-Wire account (29/4) brought Young Labor's movers and shakers together with members of the Australian Union of Jewish Students. We learn that the attendees were addressed by Eric Rozendaal MLC: Did he, I wonder, reprise his performance in the Legislative Council last year, where he described BDS as "sinister" and muttered darkly about Max Brenner boycotts recalling Germany in the thirties?]
At the bottom of the page is a message from NSWJBoD president Yair Miller in which he invites his readers to "sign up to take a Talking About Israel course."
Page 4 leads with an item on Parliamentary Friends of Israel. We are reminded that "The PFoI group was relaunched with a major function at State Parliament House. Premier Barry O'Farrell MP, Opposition Leader John Robertson MP and Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem addressed the event, which was attended by representatives of 6 political parties."
Next comes Lunch with opinion-makers, about the JBoD Luncheon Club which brought together such political and media luminaries as Victor Dominelli MP (Minister for Communities), Mike Kelly MP (Parliamentary Secretary for Defence), Walt Secord (Labor MLC), Clive Mathieson (Editor of The Australian), Imre Salusinszky (journalist for The Australian), Julie Bishop MP (Shadow Foreign Minister), Jeremy Buckingham (Greens MLC), Max Phillips (Marrickville Greens councillor and Buckingham offsider), and Robert Borsak (Shooters & Fishers Party MLC). You'll note the presence there of the Israel lobby's allies in the Murdoch press and its new Greens recruits.
And last, but by no means least, we have a word from the NSWJBoD's CEO Vic Alhadeff, darkly warning that "Criticism of Israel blurs into hatred of Jews."
The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies: Busy bees indeed.
[*For example, in 2001 Frank Lowy donated $300,000 each to the Coalition and Labor; Richard Pratt $218,000 to the Coalition and $125,000 to Labor; and Harry Triguboff $278,000 to the Coalition and $107,000 to Labor. (Cited in Jews & Australian Politics, Levey & Mendes, 2004, p 139)]
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Finessing It in the Victorian & NSW Knessets
Is there anything Australian politicians will not do at the urging of an overweening Israel lobby?
Apparently not: Whether it's throwing a birthday bash for Israel in federal parliament,* making moan over BDS protests,** observing a minute's silence in memory of Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics,*** or observing the usual eternal silence on the subject of Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people, no form of kowtowing is too undignified. And that's just on the federal level!
With the feds in the bag, the lobby has lately turned its attention to state politicians.**** Herewith the latest twists and turns in the Zionist fine tuning of our state political institutions:
Down Victoria way, when faced with a judicial decision not to the liking of Israel lobbyists, Premier Ted Baillieu will make subverting it, through a legislative fiddle, top priority. A judicial confirmation of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly? Now don't you worry about that. We can fix it:
"The Victorian government will investigate whether tougher legislation is needed to prevent political protests closing down businesses, after a magistrate found in favour of anti-Israel demonstrators targeting the Max Brenner chocolate shop chain. Premier Ted Baillieu yesterday led a condemnation of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign, as the activists plan to celebrate their court victory with another protest outside the Melbourne shop on Friday. 'The BDS group in my opinion is better titled as bigoted, dangerous and shameful,' Mr Baillieu said. 'They have sought to close down businesses just because they are associated with the state of Israel.'
"Magistrate Simon Garnett dismissed trespass charges against 16 BDS protesters on Monday, finding they had a lawful right to be in the public space outside the store, and their demonstration in July last year was also lawful and did not present a threat to public order. Mr Garnett refused to dismiss charges of assaulting, hindering and resisting police against 5 of the protesters, with guilty verdicts entered against some yesterday.
"Mr Baillieu said he had asked Attorney-General Robert Clark to work with police to determine what action needed to be taken, refusing to rule out legislative changes to prevent a repeat of Mr Garnett's decision on the trespass charges. 'I remain very concerned when there's any protest that seeks to close down a business,' Mr Baillieu said." (Baillieu seeks to toughen protest laws, Pia Akerman & John Ferguson, The Australian, 25/7/12)
Meanwhile, north of the border in NSW, while you weren't looking (but then this sort of stuff never seems to find its way into the ms media, so don't be too hard on yourselves):
"The President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Yair Miller has been appointed to the state's Parole Authority. State Labor MP, Mr Walt Secord has congratulated Miller on his appointment as a Community Member of the State Parole Authority... Mr Secord, who is deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel said: 'This is an important appointment and an outstanding one. It carries a high level of responsibility. It requires the authority members to balance the need to protect the community with the need to rehabilitate offenders. It requires the wisdom of Solomon, and Yair Miller is well-suited for this position.'" (Yair Miller appointed to Parole Authority, jwire.com, 24/7/12)
Yair Miller, you might remember, was one of the two hugely entertained spectators who sat in the gallery of the NSW Legislative Council and watched as that body whipped itself into a lather over BDS in September last year (See my Witches Brew series 1-9, 17/9/11 - 23/11/11). And by golly we're lucky to get him I can tell you. After all, he's a very busy man. For example, he's not long back from the first Global Israel Diaspora Summit held by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem where "150 young Jewish leaders from around the world" discussed "the most pressing issues facing Israel today, including" - you guessed it! - BDS. (See Miller heads to Israel, jwire.com, 9/7/12)
[*See my March 2008 series The Israeli Occupation of Federal Parliament 1-5; **See my 15/9/11 post Wielding Zionism's Big Stick in the Senate; ***See my 2/7/12 post Massacre Inc; ****See my Witches Brew series 1-9 (17/9/11-23/11/11)]
Apparently not: Whether it's throwing a birthday bash for Israel in federal parliament,* making moan over BDS protests,** observing a minute's silence in memory of Israeli athletes killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics,*** or observing the usual eternal silence on the subject of Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people, no form of kowtowing is too undignified. And that's just on the federal level!
With the feds in the bag, the lobby has lately turned its attention to state politicians.**** Herewith the latest twists and turns in the Zionist fine tuning of our state political institutions:
Down Victoria way, when faced with a judicial decision not to the liking of Israel lobbyists, Premier Ted Baillieu will make subverting it, through a legislative fiddle, top priority. A judicial confirmation of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly? Now don't you worry about that. We can fix it:
"The Victorian government will investigate whether tougher legislation is needed to prevent political protests closing down businesses, after a magistrate found in favour of anti-Israel demonstrators targeting the Max Brenner chocolate shop chain. Premier Ted Baillieu yesterday led a condemnation of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign, as the activists plan to celebrate their court victory with another protest outside the Melbourne shop on Friday. 'The BDS group in my opinion is better titled as bigoted, dangerous and shameful,' Mr Baillieu said. 'They have sought to close down businesses just because they are associated with the state of Israel.'
"Magistrate Simon Garnett dismissed trespass charges against 16 BDS protesters on Monday, finding they had a lawful right to be in the public space outside the store, and their demonstration in July last year was also lawful and did not present a threat to public order. Mr Garnett refused to dismiss charges of assaulting, hindering and resisting police against 5 of the protesters, with guilty verdicts entered against some yesterday.
"Mr Baillieu said he had asked Attorney-General Robert Clark to work with police to determine what action needed to be taken, refusing to rule out legislative changes to prevent a repeat of Mr Garnett's decision on the trespass charges. 'I remain very concerned when there's any protest that seeks to close down a business,' Mr Baillieu said." (Baillieu seeks to toughen protest laws, Pia Akerman & John Ferguson, The Australian, 25/7/12)
Meanwhile, north of the border in NSW, while you weren't looking (but then this sort of stuff never seems to find its way into the ms media, so don't be too hard on yourselves):
"The President of the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Yair Miller has been appointed to the state's Parole Authority. State Labor MP, Mr Walt Secord has congratulated Miller on his appointment as a Community Member of the State Parole Authority... Mr Secord, who is deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel said: 'This is an important appointment and an outstanding one. It carries a high level of responsibility. It requires the authority members to balance the need to protect the community with the need to rehabilitate offenders. It requires the wisdom of Solomon, and Yair Miller is well-suited for this position.'" (Yair Miller appointed to Parole Authority, jwire.com, 24/7/12)
Yair Miller, you might remember, was one of the two hugely entertained spectators who sat in the gallery of the NSW Legislative Council and watched as that body whipped itself into a lather over BDS in September last year (See my Witches Brew series 1-9, 17/9/11 - 23/11/11). And by golly we're lucky to get him I can tell you. After all, he's a very busy man. For example, he's not long back from the first Global Israel Diaspora Summit held by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem where "150 young Jewish leaders from around the world" discussed "the most pressing issues facing Israel today, including" - you guessed it! - BDS. (See Miller heads to Israel, jwire.com, 9/7/12)
[*See my March 2008 series The Israeli Occupation of Federal Parliament 1-5; **See my 15/9/11 post Wielding Zionism's Big Stick in the Senate; ***See my 2/7/12 post Massacre Inc; ****See my Witches Brew series 1-9 (17/9/11-23/11/11)]
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