Dashiel Lawrence – The Conversation

Benjamin Netanyahu’s objective is to shore up Australia’s support. Amos Ben Gershom/EPA

February 21, 2017

Netanyahu’s visit prompts Australia to rethink its relationship with Israel

Dashiel Lawrence, The University of Melbourne

Israel has only a handful of friends on the international stage. Australia is one of them.

Australian governments of both stripes have remained almost entirely supportive of Israel since 1948. www.shutterstock.com/Aleksandar Mijatovic

August 6, 2015

Australia and Israel: an ambiguous relationship invites fresh examination

Shahar Burla, Bar-Ilan University and Dashiel Lawrence, The University of Melbourne

Australian governments and Australian Jews have consistently supported Israel since its founding. That has begun to change at both the political level and the community level.

Israel advocacy campaigns, seen recently in the context of the conflict in Gaza, are typically fought in Australia on two fronts: Jewish community mobilisation and media engagement. AAP/Nikki Short

August 5, 2014

Zionist advocates in Australia keep faith with Israel – for now

Dashiel Lawrence, The University of Melbourne

Jewish communal and Zionist organisations in Australia have taken the unusual step of staging mock air-raid sirens to show solidarity with Israel amid its ongoing conflict with Hamas and to build support…

Bob Carr, pictured at the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, has set off a debate with his criticism of the pro-Israel lobby’s influence. EPA/Abir Sultan

April 11, 2014

Pro‑Israel lobby stronger than it admits, weaker than Carr claims

Dashiel Lawrence, The University of Melbourne

Former foreign minister Bob Carr’s stunning claims about the pro-Israel lobby influence raise timely questions about its advocacy in Australian politics. What is the lobby Carr refers to? And how significant…

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