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Follow Us on TwitterPetition against the Right of Return to Israel on behalf of Australian Jews Mar 2010 March 3, 2010
MEDIA RELEASE 3 MARCH, 2010
Today is the national launch of a prominent new Australian initiative that rejects Israel’s automatic right of return for Jews across the world.
Following a recent similar project in the US, 35 distinguished Australian Jews have signed a petition that indicates growing dissent from Zionist policies and dispossession of Palestinian land.
The ongoing occupation of Palestine, the siege on Gaza, the botched Mossad hit in Dubai and violence against Palestinians is encouraging a sea-change in global Jewish opinion towards the state of Israel.
Some of the key signatories include world-renowned ethicist Peter Singer, actor Miriam Margolyes, legendary feminist campaigner Eva Cox, La Trobe University’s Dennis Altman, Monash University’s Andrew Benjamin, Sydney University’s David Goodman and John Docker, legal scholar GJ Lindell, best-selling author and journalist Antony Loewenstein, writers Susan Varga and Sara Dowse, ANU’s Ned Curthoys and many others.
This statement is a direct challenge to the Rudd government’s closeness to Israel and plea for a more balanced approach to the Middle East question.
For an interview or further information, please call Antony Loewenstein on 0402 893 690 or Ned Curthoys on 0431 870 263.
Thank You.
