AIJAC/Rambam Program/2016
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  AIJAC/Rambam Program/2016   | |
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| Membership | • Lizzie Blandthorn • Colin Brooks • Don Nardella • Ros Spence • Marsha Thompson • Vicky Ward (Australia) • Paul Edbrooke • Nick Staikos • Gabrielle Williams • Lucy Turnbull • Diane Smith-Gander • Jillian Segal • Karen Penrose • Alison Deans • Belinda Hutchinson • Mike Baird • Andrew Scipione • Lucy Haslam • Andrew Tillett • Bernard Keane • Chris Graham • Dennis Atkins • Mark Kenny • Rashida Yosufzai |
| 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 tailored programs.[3] [4][5]
Politics
- Victorian Labor MPs:
- Lizzie Blandthorn
- Colin Brooks (parliamentary secretary to premier Daniel Andrews)
- Don Nardella
- Ros Spence
- Marsha Thompson
- Vicky Ward
- Paul Edbrooke
- Nick Staikos
- Gabrielle Williams
- Lucy Turnbull
- Diane Smith-Gander
- Jillian Segal (AICoC)
- Karen Penrose
- Alison Deans
- Belinda Hutchinson (Sydney University Chancellor)
- NSW Premier Mike Baird
Corporate media
- Andrew Tillett — later federal political correspondent for Financial Review (2016)[6]
- Bernard Keane — Crikey political editor (2016)
- Chris Graham — New Matilda editor (2016)
- Dennis Atkins — then News Corp journalist (2016)
- Mark Kenny — then Fairfax national affairs editor (2016)
- Rashida Yosufzai — SBS news editor (2016)
Other
- NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione
- Lucy Haslam, medicinal cannabis campaigner
- NSW Government Trade Delegation - March[7]
- 35 senior businesswomen included in the above
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.
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
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2016/05/they-also-serve-who-only-stand-and.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2016/05/ladies-who-rambam.html
- ↑ https://www.amust.com.au/2023/12/which-australian-journalists-and-politicians-have-gone-on-trips-to-israel-and-palestine/
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2016/03/magic-mike-does-upstart-nation-1.html
