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Jewish Council welcomes UK, Canada, France and others banning settlement trade, urges Australia to not be left behind

MEDIA RELEASE 09 September 2026 The Jewish Council of Australia welcomes moves by twelve countries including the UK, Canada, ...
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Jewish Council welcomes Digital Duty of Care Bill, calls on all parties to back it

MEDIA RELEASE 0 2026 The Jewish Council of Australia has welcomed the Albanese Government’s Digital Duty of Care Bill, […] ...
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Petition: say no to Herzog visiting Australia

NOTE: This petition is now closed, to keep up to date with future petitions, sign up to our newsletter. Prime Minister Albanese will be rolling out the red carpet for a visit from Israeli President ...
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Jewish Council of Australia slams universities’ adoption of dangerous, politicised and unworkable antisemitism definition

Today, Australia’s 39 universities endorsed a dangerous and politicised definition of antisemitism which threatens academic freedom, will have a chilling effect on legitimate criticism of Israel, and ...
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Media Release: Unity, safety and prevention — not fulfilling divisive pro-Israel wishlist — must guide the Government’s response to Bondi attack

In the wake of the horrific antisemitic attack in Bondi, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today made a series of announcements in regard to combatting antisemitism and stated that the Government would ...
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Join the call for unity and sign our petition: We will not be divided after Bondi

Last night should have been a Chanukah celebration. Instead, hundreds of us gathered in Melbourne to mourn and say kaddish for our community members murdered at Bondi a week ago. After a week of ...
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Urgent Royal Commission legal fees

The Jewish Council has been granted leave to appear in the first block of the Royal Commission hearings starting next week. We’ve briefed a legal team to ensure the Commission hears from progressive ...
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Settler Terrorism Must End: Jewish Council Urges Australian Government to Issue Country-Level Sanctions Immediately

The Jewish Council is calling on the Australian Government to issue country-level sanctions against the Israeli Government, as Palestinian families in the West Bank village of Qusra have spent nearly ...
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Media Release: Jewish Council backs march across Sydney Harbour Bridge

Tens of thousands of people will march across Sydney Harbour Bridge tomorrow afternoon in the momentous March for Humanity – a mass call to save Gaza. Today, the Supreme Court of NSW declined an ...
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Jewish Council calls on Australian Government to join global allies and condemn Israeli bombing of Lebanon

The Jewish Council of Australia (JCA) has expressed horror at the unprecedented escalation of Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, which killed at least 254 people and wounded over 1,000 others in a single ...
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Recognition of Palestine not enough, Sanctions Must Follow to Stop Genocide

SYDNEY – The Jewish Council of Australia affirms the Palestinian people’s fundamental right to self-determination—a right that has been systematically denied by the Israeli state. Australia’s decision ...