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Statement on the continuing Seige of Gaza by the AJDS
The civilian population of Gaza continues to suffer a a year after Operation Cast Lead.
The Israeli government, while using propaganda to deny the facts, continues to besiege the Palestinian population though collective punishment. The current protests against the siege by various international activists, Palestinians, and Israelis, though ignored by Israel, indicate that the problem will not just go away.
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Stop those settlements! AJDS Editorial
This statement appeared in the November 2009 Edition of the AJDS Newsletter
Many people within the Jewish community, whose support for Israel is not in
question, have watched and noted the way in which the occupation of
Palestinian land has had a corrupting influence on Israel's soul. Many
Jewish Israelis are blind to the indignity and abuse on a daily basis
accorded to ordinary Palestinians passing through Israeli checkpoints. They
are insulated from feeling the deprivation, frustration and powerlessness in
the lives of people under occupation behind a wall and out of view. But the
most corrupt aspect of the occupation is the pervasive acquisition of land
through the establishment of Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank.
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ISRAEL AND PALESTINE – THE HARSH TRUTHS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION: THE AJDS POSITION
THE US President’s recent speech in Cairo heralded a new beginning in relations between the US and the Muslim world.The Australian Jewish Democratic Society (AJDS) believes it is in the interests of all countries in the region to respond positively to the opportunity presented by this constructive re-engagement with
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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A Puzzling Report from the Anti-Defamation Commission
This was published as an opinion piece in the Australian Jewish News (2 April 2009) The AJDS is puzzled that the Australian Jewish News (26 March 2009) regards as front-page news an Anti-Defamation Commission report by Dr Phillip Mendes about events that took place nearly a decade ago.
Debate within our community on Arab-Jewish dialogue is always important, but a particular person's anecdotal experience with a now defunct academic organisation in which two out of three of his adversaries were Jewish, provides no basis to conclude that dialogue is worthless.
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Getting Durban II in focus: our view
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