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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 175
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asylum seekers
February 15, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel’s refugee policy ‘an affront to our history and values’
There are currently around 38,000 people seeking asylum in Israel, mainly from Sudan and Eritrea. Some have submitted applications to be recognised as refugees under the UN Convention, but few applications have even been considered and only a small number accepted.
July 1, 2014, 12:00 am
Rabbi arrested over asylum protest
AN Adelaide rabbi was arrested on Monday after taking part in a sit-in at a federal MP’s office, where she and eight Christians protested the treatment of asylum seekers.
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Peter Kohn
September 10, 2013, 12:00 am
ECAJ Asylum policy released
THE Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) has issued a resolution on asylum seekers after consultation with Jewish groups over its draft policy yielded 13 detailed submissions.
By
Peter Kohn
August 9, 2013, 12:00 am
Leibler slams ECAJ over asylum seeker stance
AUSTRALIA/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) chairman Mark Leibler has slated the position of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) on the federal government’s new asylum seeker policy as “surprising and very disappointing”.
By
Peter Kohn
August 8, 2013, 12:00 am
Howard: ‘We wouldn’t have abstained’
AS Australia swings into election mode, former prime minister John Howard has said his government would not have abstained from the United Nations’ vote on Palestinian statehood.
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Gareth Narunsky
August 5, 2013, 12:00 am
Our very own dissident
WHEN the fledgling WikiLeaks Party announced its Senate candidates last week, author and ethicist Leslie Cannold was number two on the party’s Victorian ticket right behind WikiLeaks main man Julian Assange.
By
Gareth Narunsky
July 29, 2013, 12:00 am
Asylum policy concerns
JEWISH groups have voiced concern about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s new policy on asylum seekers, which diverts boat arrivals to Papua New Guinea.
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Peter Kohn
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Sounds of joy at Villawood
VILLAWOOD Detention Centre makes news for hunger strikes and riots, but for Philip Feinstein it is just another place where human beings live.
February 28, 2011, 7:51 am
Jewish compassion for orphan
IT was perhaps inevitable in a national climate that has seen some commentators linking Muslim arrivals to terrorism, but Sydney solicitor George Newhouse is disappointed some fellow Jews have panned his campaign to help free a young asylum seeker from Christmas Island.
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