AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2012
  AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2012   | |
|---|---|
| Membership | • Jade Tyrell • John Barlow • Michael Borowick • Barbara Nebart • Simon Benson • Brooke Corte • Judith Whelan • Michael Ebeid • Bill Shorten • Ross Jones • Steve Tucker • Jeremy Cooper • Damon Kitney • Paul Fletcher • David Bushby • Bob Baldwin • David Fawcett • Teresa Gambaro • Luke Simpkins • Michael Danby • Mark Arbib • Joshua Frydenberg •  Greg Sheridan• Hamish McDonald • Neil Angus • Elizabeth Miller • Bill Tilley • Nicholas Kotsiras • Peter Phelps • Jonathan O'Dea • Mikaela Wangmann • Christian Street |
| 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]
Mikaela Wangmann, national women's officer of the National Union of Students, said, 'The experience has made me a lifetime defender of the State of Israel - not in the knee-jerk, geopolitical sense but in the way you would defend any people who are just trying to build for themselves a better world' [while] Australian Liberal Students' Federation president Christian Street said that he feels 'far more able to talk to people about Israel with confidence now that I have some practical experience of the issues at play, the trip was worth it for that alone'.[4]
AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship Program
- Jade Tyrell, UTS SRC President
- John Barlow, NUS Gen. Sec.
- Mikaela Wangmann, national women's officer of the Australian National Union of Students
- Christian Street, President of the Australian Liberal Students' Federation
- at least 4 other student politicians.[5]
Unionists
Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) ACTU Fact-Finding Mission
- Michael Borowick, Assistant Secretary ACTU
- Barbara Nebart, Shop Distributive & Allied Employees' Association
And 14 others
Media
NSW Jewish Board of Deputies Journalists Mission
- Simon Benson, national political editor, Daily Telegraph
- Brooke Corte, Sky News presenter
- Judith Whelan, Saturday editor, SMH
- Michael Ebeid, managing director, SBS
Politicians
Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce
- Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services
- Ross Jones, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
- Steve Tucker, MLC
- Jeremy Cooper, Challenger Group, ASIC chair
- Damon Kitney, Technology correspondent, Fairfax
Australia/Israel Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC)
- Paul Fletcher, Lib, Bradfield
- David Bushby, Lib, Tasmanian senator
- Bob Baldwin, Lib, Paterson, shadow minister for regional development & tourism
- David Fawcett, Lib, SA senator, shadow parliamentary secretary for international development assistance
- Teresa Gambaro, Lib, Brisbane, shadow parliamentary secretary for citizenship and settlement
- Luke Simpkins, Lib, Cowan
Australia Israel UK Leadership Dialogue
Politicians
- Michael Danby, Labor, Melbourne Ports
- Mark Arbib, Labor, Minister for Sport
- Joshua Frydenberg, Lib, Kooyong
Media
- Greg Sheridan, foreign editor, The Australian
- Hamish McDonald, Asia-Pacific editor, Fairfax
Politicians
Australia/Israel &Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) Israel Study Tour
- Neil Angus, Liberal, Vic MLA
- Elizabeth Miller, Liberal, Vic MLA
- Clem Newton-Brown, Liberal, Vic MLA
- Bill Tilley Liberal, Vic MLA
- Nicholas Kotsiras, Liberal, Vic Minister for Multicultural Affairs & Citizenship
- Peter Phelps, NSW MLC
- Jonathan O'Dea, NSW MLA
Known member
1 of the 32 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Greg Sheridan | Influential Australian journalist & editor with the Rupert Murdoch-owned The Australian, with possible ties to the Integrity Initiative. |
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
- ↑ Future in their hands, The Australian Jewish News, September 27, 2013)
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2013/09/transformative-experience-anyone.html
