Advocacy

Much has changed in Israel in the past few weeks, whilst many things remain the same. Gidon Sa’ar has tried to rescue his political career by rejoining the Netanyahu government. Whether it will work for him or not, time will tell, but it has certainly worked for Prime Minister Netanyahu, enlarging his coalition and providing […]

Theodore Herzl was born in Hungary in 1860 and moved to Paris in 1891, from where he reported for the Viennese newspaper, Neue Freie Presse. It was there that three years later, he witnessed the deep antisemitism and hypocrisy of the French people and the French government, in the infamous Dreyfus Affair. Sadly, if he […]

The end of the Golden Age for Australian Jewry? Maybe………. Some serious people claim it is. I am not exactly sure when the Golden Age was during my life time. The vicious anti-Israel resolutions and sometimes violence on campuses in the 1970’s? The 15 years we endured United Nations resolution 3379 that equated Zionism with […]

The Greens have yet again shown they are nothing but a Party of division who promote hatred of Israel to win votes and sow disunity. ZFA President, Jeremy Leibler, said “their stunt in the Senate today to demand the Government sanction the State of Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu and other members of the Israeli government, […]

Overnight, the United Nations admitted that “the evidence was sufficient to conclude” that nine staff members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency “may have been involved in the seventh of October attacks,” resulting in their employment termination. Zionist Federation of Australia President, Jeremy Leibler, said “with the United Nations own findings, it could […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia acknowledges the findings of Special Adviser Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin’s report following the tragic accidental death of Ms Zomi Franckom. ACM Binskin’s assessment was “that the IDF strike on the WCK aid workers was not knowingly or deliberately directed against the WCK.” The Special Envoy confirmed that Israel’s investigation, […]

Nobody gives a speech like Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His address to the US Congress was exceptional. High on rhetoric and emotion and largely well received. Notwithstanding some notable absentees, it was a tour de force. While his 2015 address to Congress during the tenure of US President Barack Obama was seen as partisan […]

What is Hezbollah? What does it want? Is Hezbollah a terrorist organisation? Why is everyone talking about the possibility of war between Israel and Hezbollah? Shouldn’t the UN or the international community be doing something to stop this? What about Iran? Why will a war between Hezbollah and Israel be terrible? What are the relevant […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia mourns the tragic loss of life, and condemns in the strongest terms the deadly Hezbollah attack on a soccer pitch in the Druze town of Majdal Shams that killed 12 young people, and injured dozens more. Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation banned in Australia, and it’s well documented they are […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia mourns the tragic loss of life, and condemns in the strongest terms the deadly Hezbollah attack on a soccer pitch in the Druze town of Majdal Shams that killed twelve young people, and injured dozens more. Hezbollah is a terrorist organisation banned in Australia, and it’s well documented they are […]

Shortly before Shabbat on 26 July, the Australian Government issued this statement. Here is the ZFA’s statement in response: The president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, Jeremy Leibler, said: “The government cannot have it both ways. It cannot simultaneously call for the dismantling of Hamas and demand that Israel unilaterally end the war in […]

The Zionist Federation of Australia notes the Australian Government’s decision to sanction some extremist settlers. ZFA President Jeremy Leibler said, “there is no excuse for violence that targets civilians, and we have and continue to consistently condemn any Israeli who supports or conducts such violence. The seven individuals sanctioned by the Australian Government appear to […]