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AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2009
AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2009
Membership	• 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
	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.

Revision as of 04:05, 19 November 2023

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]

Politicians

Australia Israel Leadership Forum

Julia Gillard, Deputy PM (leading a 40-strong delegation)
Senator Guy Barnett, LIB
Senator George Brandis, LIB
Peter Costello, LIB, Higgins
Mark Dreyfus, ALP
Christopher Pyne

Warren Mundine, former ALP national president

Allan Howe, columnist, Herald-Sun

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Helen Polley, ALP, Tas

Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council

Julie Bishop, Shadow Foreign Minister=
Bruce Bilson, LIB
Senator Simon Birmingham, LIB SA
Louise Markus, LIB, Greenway
Senator Scott Ryan LIB VIC

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

Michelle Ainsworth, senior producer, Channel 7
Peter Hartcher, political & international editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Connie Levett, foreign editor, Sydney Morning Herald
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."

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:

Member	Description
Julie Bishop	Australian former politician.
George Brandis	Going to great lengths to protect deep state as Attorney General
Peter Costello	WEF GLT 1998, IMF, politician, Treasurer of Australia 1996-2007
Julia Gillard	Prime 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 Hartcher	Australian journalist

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References

↑ https://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/
↑ Reich, Chanan (2004). "Inside AIJAC - An Australian Jewish Lobby Group". In Levey, Geoffrey; Mendes, Philip (eds.). Jews and Australian Politics. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 198–214. ISBN 1-903900-72-7.
↑ http://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html

[1] ttps://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/

[2] Reich, Chanan (2004). "Inside AIJAC - An Australian Jewish Lobby Group". In Levey, Geoffrey; Mendes, Philip (eds.). Jews and Australian Politics. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 198–214. ISBN 1-903900-72-7.

[3] ttp://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html

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-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 thorugh its '''Rambam Israel Fellowship Program'''<ref>https://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/</ref><ref>Reich, Chanan (2004). "Inside AIJAC - An Australian Jewish Lobby Group". In Levey, Geoffrey; Mendes, Philip (eds.). Jews and Australian Politics. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 198–214. ISBN 1-903900-72-7.</ref> 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.
+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'''<ref>https://aijac.org.au/about-aijac/</ref><ref>Reich, Chanan (2004). "Inside AIJAC - An Australian Jewish Lobby Group". In Levey, Geoffrey; Mendes, Philip (eds.). Jews and Australian Politics. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press. pp. 198–214. ISBN 1-903900-72-7.</ref> 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.
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Membership	• 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
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.