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|description=A fully paid junket "fact-finding trip" to [[Israel]] for a large number of selected Australian journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics.
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|description=A junket "fact-finding trip" to [[Israel]] for a large number of selected Australian journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics.
 
|members=,Julia Gillard,Guy Barnett,George Brandis,Peter Costello,Mark Dreyfus,Christopher Pyne,Warren Mundine,Allan Howe,Helen Polley,Julie Bishop,Bruce Bilson,Simon Birmingham,Louise Markus,Scott Ryan,Jay Weatherill,Michelle Ainsworth,Peter Hartcher,Connie Levett,Nick Tabakoff,Paul Howes
 
|members=,Julia Gillard,Guy Barnett,George Brandis,Peter Costello,Mark Dreyfus,Christopher Pyne,Warren Mundine,Allan Howe,Helen Polley,Julie Bishop,Bruce Bilson,Simon Birmingham,Louise Markus,Scott Ryan,Jay Weatherill,Michelle Ainsworth,Peter Hartcher,Connie Levett,Nick Tabakoff,Paul Howes
 
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==Participants==
 
==Participants==
 
The participants are sent from several programs.<ref>http://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html</ref>
 
The participants are sent from several programs.<ref>http://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html</ref>
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[[Alan Howe]], a columnist for the ''[[Herald-Sun]]'' wrote after his trip how:
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{{QB|The people of [[Gaza]] are set to be the first to bomb themselves back to [[the Stone Age]]. Serves them right...The problem for Gazans is that a survey after the [[Israeli]] action showed that almost half the population believed [[Hamas]] had won, that more than half believed acts of [[terror]] should continue, and there was a sharp rise in the number who wanted the rocket attacks to continue. The people of Gaza have a right to keep looking over their shoulder. That’s where they are going.<ref>http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25805348-5000117,00.html</ref><ref>https://antonyloewenstein.com/gazans-deserve-being-bombed-to-death/</ref>}}
  
 
Politicians
 
Politicians
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*[[Warren Mundine]], former ALP national president
 
*[[Warren Mundine]], former ALP national president
  
*[[Allan Howe]], columnist, [[Herald-Sun]]
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*[[Allan Howe]], columnist, [[Herald-Sun]]<ref>https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/07/awesome-israelis-godawful-gazanazis.html</ref>
  
 
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
 
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
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Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
 
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
  
*[[Julie Bishop]], Shadow Foreign Minister=
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*[[Julie Bishop]], Shadow Foreign Minister<ref>https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/07/hot-on-gillards-high-heels.html</ref>
 
*[[Bruce Bilson]], LIB
 
*[[Bruce Bilson]], LIB
 
*Senator [[Simon Birmingham]], LIB SA
 
*Senator [[Simon Birmingham]], LIB SA
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*[[Michelle Ainsworth]], senior producer, [[Channel 7]]
 
*[[Michelle Ainsworth]], senior producer, [[Channel 7]]
*[[Peter Hartcher]], political & international editor, [[Sydney Morning Herald]]
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*[[Peter Hartcher]], political & international editor, [[Sydney Morning Herald]]<ref>https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-hidden-agenda.html</ref>
 
*[[Connie Levett]], foreign editor, Sydney Morning Herald
 
*[[Connie Levett]], foreign editor, Sydney Morning Herald
*[[Nick Tabakoff]], associate editor, Daily Telegraph
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*[[Nick Tabakoff]], associate editor, [[Daily Telegraph]]
*According to the NSW JBOD At the Board, Vol 1-2010, the above were "accompanied by 4 colleagues who were guests of AIJAC."
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*According to the NSW JBOD At the Board, Vol 1-2010, the above were "accompanied by 4 colleagues who were guests of AIJAC."<ref>https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2010/03/pawns-in-propaganda-game.html</ref>
  
 
Commerce
 
Commerce

Latest revision as of 05:05, 19 November 2023

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Membership• Julia Gillard, July 2016 Cropped.jpg Julia Gillard
•  Guy Barnett
• George Brandis DFAT 2017 1.jpg George Brandis
• Costello1.jpg Peter Costello
•  Mark Dreyfus
•  Christopher Pyne
•  Warren Mundine
•  Allan Howe
•  Helen Polley
• Julie Bishop.png Julie Bishop
•  Bruce Bilson
•  Simon Birmingham
•  Louise Markus
•  Scott Ryan
•  Jay Weatherill
•  Michelle Ainsworth
•  Peter Hartcher
•  Connie Levett
•  Nick Tabakoff
•  Paul Howes
A junket "fact-finding trip" to Israel for a large number of selected Australian journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics.

The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) arranges a large number of junkets "fact-finding trips" to Israel for selected journalists, politicians, political advisers, government officials, trade union officials, student leaders, and academics through its Rambam Israel Fellowship Program[1][2] There are a number of associated programs doing very similar things, not all of them arranged by AIJAC, for example the Australia Israel Leadership Forum, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Journalists Mission, Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and etc. For practical reasons, these programs are listed here under the heading Rambam Programs.

Participants

The participants are sent from several programs.[3]

Alan Howe, a columnist for the Herald-Sun wrote after his trip how:

The people of Gaza are set to be the first to bomb themselves back to the Stone Age. Serves them right...The problem for Gazans is that a survey after the Israeli action showed that almost half the population believed Hamas had won, that more than half believed acts of terror should continue, and there was a sharp rise in the number who wanted the rocket attacks to continue. The people of Gaza have a right to keep looking over their shoulder. That’s where they are going.[4][5]

Politicians

Australia Israel Leadership Forum

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Jewish National Fund (JNF)

South Australia's Minister for Environment & Conservation Jay Weatherill ("Last month... visited the Yatir Forest for the dedication of the South Australia-Israel Friendship Forest." AJN, 1/5/09)

Media NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Journalists Mission

Commerce

Skills 2009 Trade Mission to Israel (September)

  • Sponsored by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce and "led by Paul Howes, National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union and other senior business, government, philanthropic and academic executives." (Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Winter 2009)



 

Known members

5 of the 20 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Julie BishopAustralian former politician.
George BrandisGoing to great lengths to protect deep state as Attorney General
Peter CostelloWEF GLT 1998, IMF, politician, Treasurer of Australia 1996-2007
Julia GillardPrime Minister of Australia from 2011 to 2013 who went on'a CIA re-education course'. From 2021 Chair of the Wellcome Trust. Her services to the Israel lobby got her husband a cushy job.
Peter HartcherAustralian journalist
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