9 October 2025: Free Palestine Melbourne has written to Jason Marriner, the CEO of Marriner Group and the owner of The Forum Theatre, requesting that he cancel the performance of nationalist Israeli psytrance musicians Infected Mushroom at The Forum on 3 November 2025.
Read MoreThis Gazan family has just started their new life here after their visas were cancelled en route to Australia
Nine-year-old Eleen Eissa was so excited to play with her newly donated Barbie doll that she immediately unpacked it after receiving it. It’s one of the first toys she’s been given after she and her family fled from Gaza to Australia on temporary visas a week ago. As Eleen sat quietly next to her six-year-old […]
Read MoreGreens rule out targeting Australian-Israeli businesses in sanction strategy
A day after the party’s deputy leader joined in a heated anti-Israel protest, the Greens have moved to clarify their Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions strategy. The Australians Greens will not target businesses operating in Israel unless the companies were “complicit in violating Palestinian human rights” such as by supplying weapons to Israeli Military. A day […]
Read MoreZionist group uses US anti-terrorism laws to sue Palestinian activists
One of the world’s oldest Zionist organisations with close ties to the Israeli government, the Jewish National Fund (JNF), is using American anti-terrorism laws to sue a major Palestinian rights group in the US over its support for the international boycott movement. The US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, a coalition of groups seeking to end […]
Read MoreDefence ignores local solution for Battle Management System
The travails of the Australian Army’s tactical LAND 200 Battle Management
System are relatively well known, but the causes of – and solution to – the
problem remain unclear after they were first revealed 18 months ago.
Melbourne University Student Union voted on a motion calling for the boycott Israel
Melbourne University Student Union voted on a motion calling for the boycott of Israel Melbourne University Student Union passed a BDS motion on Monday against Israel. Jewish organizations in Australia criticized the motion saying that the Jewish students there are being targeted. By ZVIKA KLEIN (Jerusalem Post, 15/8/2022) The Melbourne University Student Union (UMSU) passed a motion on […]
Read MoreAustralian student union calls for boycott of ‘apartheid colonial state’ of Israel
University of Melbourne’s union passes motion accusing Jewish state of ethnic
cleansing of Palestinians; Jewish bodies condemn ‘venomous’ language
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE: Civil society organisations welcome the Future Fund’s exclusion of Elbit Systems, and call on the Federal and Victorian Governments to drop Elbit or risk complicity in serious violations of international law
15 March 2022 | For immediate release Civil society organisations working for human rights for Palestinians and others welcome the news of Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund’s exclusion of Israeli arms manufacturer, Elbit Systems Limited from its investment portfolio because of allegations of its involvement in the production of cluster munitions. The organisations call on […]
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Read MoreTargeting Israeli Apartheid: a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Handbook – Corporate Watch
Targeting Israeli Apartheid examines the Israeli economy and details the Israeli and international companies complicit in Israeli state repression. “Targeting Israeli Apartheid is the guide many of us in the movement have been waiting for. This forensic, clear and systematic account details the where, who, how and why of the flows of capital and contracts […]
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