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 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
- 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[6]
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
- Helen Polley, ALP, Tas
Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
- Julie Bishop, Shadow Foreign Minister[7]
- 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[8]
- 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."[9]
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 | |
| Peter Hartcher | Australian journalist |
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
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25805348-5000117,00.html
- ↑ https://antonyloewenstein.com/gazans-deserve-being-bombed-to-death/
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/07/awesome-israelis-godawful-gazanazis.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/07/hot-on-gillards-high-heels.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-hidden-agenda.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2010/03/pawns-in-propaganda-game.html
