AIJAC/Rambam Program/2014

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Membership•  John Alexander
•  Joe Aston
•  Michael Borowick
• Gai Brodtmann.jpg Gai Brodtmann
•  Rose Butler Jackson
•  Jim Chalmers
•  Cameron Clyne
•  Michael Danby
•  Rowan Dean
•  David Feeney
•  Paul Frayne
•  Tim Hammond
•  Greg Holland
•  Rose Jackson
•  Laura Jayes
•  Stephen Jones (Australia)
• Craig Kelly.png Craig Kelly
•  Jessica Malnersie
•  Daniel Mookhey
• Kaila Murnain.jpg Kaila Murnain
•  John Pataridis
•  Tanya Plibersek
•  Christopher Pyne
•  Kent Rowe
•  Wyatt Roy
•  Anne Ruston
•  Adam Slonim
•  Michael Vaughan
•  Tim Watts
•  Mitchell Wilson
•  Penny Wong
•  David Wroe
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 through the year, including the Australia Israel Labor Dialogue, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies/AIJAC Journalists Mission to Israel, Australia-UK-Israel Leadership Forum, AIJAC Rambam Israel Fellowship, AIJJAC Israel Rambam Study Tour, and by the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.[3][4]

After the trip, Labor MP Tim Watts told how he:

was impressed by the objectivity of the Rambam program, which he said exposed him to a diverse range of views and the space to develop his own views on Israel without intrusion or interference.[5]

while Penny Wong

cited Yad Vashem as a very moving highlight of her visit. She also said that, at Sderot, she was struck by the resilience and persistence of ordinary Israelis and the challenges of Israel's leaders having to juggle the work of government with managing a constant existential threat.[6]

Politicians

Christopher Pyne, Education Minister

Corporate media

Business leaders


 

Known members

4 of the 32 of the members already have pages here:

MemberDescription
Gai BrodtmannAustralian Labor politician with close ties to the military-industrial complex.
Craig KellyAustralian dissident MP; COVID-19/Resistance.
Kaila MurnainAustralian politician picked as a YGL 2018. In 2019 resigned in disgrace after revelations of party donations from a Chinese billionaire.
Penny WongAustralian foreign minister
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References

  1. ↑ https://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. ↑ https://www.amust.com.au/2023/12/which-australian-journalists-and-politicians-have-gone-on-trips-to-israel-and-palestine/
  4. ↑ http://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html
  5. ↑ The Australian Jewish News ALP leaders reflect on Israel, 6/6/14) quoted in https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2014/06/israeli-occupied-labor.html
  6. ↑ The Australian Jewish News ALP leaders reflect on Israel, 6/6/14) quoted in https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2014/06/israeli-occupied-labor.html
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