AIJAC/Rambam Program/2022
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  AIJAC/Rambam Program/2022   | |
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| Membership | • Paul Sakkal • Sarah Ison • James McGrath • Julian Leeser • Megan Lane • Sussan Ley • Hollie Hughes • Jacqui Munro |
| 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]
Politics
- James McGrath — LNP, senator for Queensland (2022)
- Julian Leeser — Liberal, MP for Berowra (2022)
- Megan Lane — Labor, former party press secretary (2022)
- Sussan Ley — Liberal, deputy leader of the opposition (2022)
- Hollie Hughes — Liberal, senator for New South Wales (2022)
- Jacqui Munro — Liberal, New South Wales MLC (2022)
Corporate media
- Paul Sakkal — The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age federal political correspondent
- Sarah Ison — The Australian political reporter
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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.amust.com.au/2023/12/which-australian-journalists-and-politicians-have-gone-on-trips-to-israel-and-palestine/
