Resetting the relationship
""We know there are disagreements, but we also know there is a long and proud history of friendship between the Jewish community and Labor."
A new group of Jewish and non-Jewish Australian Labor Party members will meet in Melbourne this Sunday for what organisers describe as a landmark workshop.
They say it’s designed to reset and strengthen the relationship between Labor, the Jewish community, and Israel.
The initiative, co-organised by former Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) assistant secretary Michael Borowick and Adam Slonim, director of the Middle East Policy Forum and an ALP life member, brings together rank-and-file members, community activists, and policy thinkers committed to finding new ways to organise and engage within the party.
“We know there are disagreements, but we also know there is a long and proud history of friendship between the Jewish community and Labor, and between Australia and Israel. This workshop is about ensuring that history is not lost, and about building new forms of dialogue and cooperation,” they said.
The workshop comes as supporters feel their position as friends of Israel is increasingly being challenged within Labor ranks under the Albanese government.
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