Peaceful Protest Against Israel President Isaac Hertzog's official visit to Australia to be held at Peace Park, Lismore NSW, on Monday 9 February 2026 at 5:30pm. Also at 23 other venues across the country

 

 

Spearheaded by the Palestine Action Group Sydney, 24 peaceful protest gatherings have been organised around Australia to express opposition to the official visit of Israel President Isaac Herzog and to confirm condemnation of the State of Israel's policies and actions taken in its continuing illegal occupation of Palestinian Territory - of disproportionate war and genocide in the Gaza Strip and violent dispossession & ethic cleansing in the West Bank.

Alleged war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (subject of an International Court of Justice arrest warrant on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023) in recent years appears to enjoy the political support of President Herzog.

President Herzog seems to be harbouring the delusion that one of the two principal aims of his visit is to convince Australia and Australians of the error of their ways over the last 77-78 years in both endorsing the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and supporting a Two State solution to the Question of Palestine.

It appears that Messr. Herzog choses to believe that Australia's long history of supporting international law and its people's abhorrence of the crime of genocide is due to the Left's nefarious influence and to a "brainwash campaign" aimed at turning the population against Jews ahead of his visit to Australia.

With a substantial majority in the House of Representatives, a solid position in the Senate and four years in which to progress Labor's long held commitment to UN treaties & conventions as well as international law & rules-based order, it is being put on notice concerning the national electorate's justifiable expectations - Part One

Re-elected Albanese government must condemn Israel’s brutality and cut ties

7 May, 2025 / Media Release

On May 5, the Israeli Parliament approved plans to annex and occupy Gaza. These plans have been discussed for months. This is a blatant mission to ethnically cleanse Gaza, advancing Israel’s colonial intentions to take over the territory and rid it of Palestinians.

For the past 19-months Israel has acted with extraordinary brutality, carrying out daily massacres, and ensuring the total decimation of infrastructure, healthcare and anything that might sustain Palestinian life. On Tuesday, one Israeli government minister vowed that ‘Gaza will be entirely destroyed.’ This follows more than two months of blockade of medical, fuel and food supplies to Gaza.

Israel’s infanticide and targeting of women and children is so severe that infants are now being born with debilitating disabilities and conditions, including, most recently, an infant born without a brain. This is due to unfathomable distress and lack of basic medical care, food and supplements.

The deliberate blocking of aid and food, which Israel admits is a tactic to pressure Hamas, is leading to starvation in Gaza, with shocking malnutrition among children in particular. ‘We are starving the children of Gaza’, said the World Health Organization Executive Director this week. ‘We are complicit.’

The re-elected Albanese government must immediately sanction Israel and comply with our obligations under the Genocide Convention and international law. This includes cutting all economic, military and diplomatic ties with Israel.

We don’t have to be a ‘major player’ to show our commitment to the basic humanity of Palestinians and be part of the global movement to pressure Israel to comply with its obligations under international law.

Max Kaiser, Executive Officer of the Jewish Council, said:

‘The election defeat of Peter Dutton and the Liberal Party makes it clear that unconditional support for Israel’s flouting of international law is not a vote-winner. Swings to Greens and independents in seats such as Wills and Blaxland demonstrate that the Australian public is outraged by the atrocities in Gaza.

‘The Jewish Council of Australia is a movement of over 1,000 Jews nationwide. We’re ramping up pressure on Albanese to act—and working side by side with our Palestinian allies to demand that our government pressure Israel to stop killing Palestinians. We are a bold and growing Jewish movement that won’t stay silent in the face of genocide. This government will hear us—and we won’t let them look away.’

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