AIJAC/Rambam Program/2017
  AIJAC/Rambam Program/2017   | |
|---|---|
| Membership | •  Anne Aly• Diana Asmar • Michael Borowick • Nick Butterly • Kim Carr • Colin Chatterton • Peta Credlin • Lisa Davies • Milton Dick • Mark Dunn • Alex Gallagher • Steve Georganas •  Andrew Hastie• Kelvin Healey • Julian Hill • Jamie Hyams • Nassim Khadem • Tory Maguire • Caroline Marcus • James Morrow • Tony Pasin • Bryan Seymour • Ahron Shapiro • Adam Slonim • Meryl Swanson • Andrew Wallace • Daniel Wills • Zac McLean |
| 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. [3]
Participants
The participants are sent from several programs.[4]
Milton Dick, who in 2022 became Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, wrote after his visit:
I think terms that are often bandied about - like settlements, occupation, apartheid and the wall - these are all easy catchphrases and cliches to use, and often there isn't a counterbalance given to a lot of those arguments.[5]
- Anne Aly, Labor, Cowan, WA
- Alex Gallagher, SA
- Julian Hill (Vic)
- Steve Georganas (SA)
- Meryl Swanson (NSW)
- Milton Dick (QLD)
- Ahron Shapiro
AIJAC Rambam Fellowship Trade Union Study Visit[8]
- Diana Asmar, state secretary, Health Workers Union
- Colin Chatterton, Plumbers Union QLD
- Michael Borowick (AILD)
Australia Israel Labor Dialogue (AILD) Innovation Mission[9]
- Michael Borowick (AILD)
- Adam Slonim (AILD)
- Kim Carr
Liberals / Nationals
In 2017,
- Andrew Hastie and a staff member received "Flights, accommodation, consumables and transport from the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council through the Rambam Israel Fellowship program to attend a Coalition MP Study Group visit.[10]
- Andrew Wallace[11] MP
- Tony Pasin[12]
- Jamie Hyams
Corporate media
- Bryan Seymour — then reporter for Seven Network (2017)[13]
- Caroline Marcus — Sky News senior reporter (2017)
- Daniel Wills — then state political editor for The Advertiser (2017)
- James Morrow — The Daily Telegraph national affairs editor (2017)
- Kelvin Healey — The Courier-Mail weekend editor (2017)
- Lisa Davies — then editor of The Sydney Morning Herald (2017)
- Mark Dunn — Herald Sun (2017)
- Nassim Khadem — later national reporter for the ABC (2017)
- Nick Butterly — then political reporter for The West Australian, later media adviser to Resources Minister Madeleine King (2017)
- Peta Credlin — Sky News host (2017)
- Tory Maguire — The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age executive editor (2017)
- Zac McLean — The Daily Telegraph chief of staff (2017)
Known members
2 of the 28 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Anne Aly | Australian MP and "terror expert" |
| Andrew Hastie | Chair of the Australian Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security 2017-2020 |
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.
- ↑ https://www.jwire.com.au/rambam-returnees-address-aijac-in-sydney/
- ↑ http://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2009/03/ive-been-to-israel-too.html
- ↑ Israel trip empowered MPs, The Australian Jewish News, April 4, 2017
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2017/09/kissing-cousins.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2017/09/rambamming-works-wonders.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-incredible-lady-di.html
- ↑ https://middleeastrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2017/01/politicians-who-fly-under-msm-radar.html
- ↑ https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/03_Senators_and_Members/32_Members/Register/47P/GJ/Hastie_47P.pdf
- ↑ https://www.aph.gov.au/-/media/03_Senators_and_Members/32_Members/Register/47P/SZ/Wallace_47P.pdf
- ↑ https://www.jwire.com.au/rambam-returnees-address-aijac-in-sydney/
- ↑ https://www.amust.com.au/2023/12/which-australian-journalists-and-politicians-have-gone-on-trips-to-israel-and-palestine
