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NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel
Front: Eddy Boas (left), Marjorie O'Neill. Back: Scott Farlow (left), Walt Secord.
May 13, 2022, 9:00 am
Story of survival
NSW Parliament's first Zikaron Basalon Holocaust memorial event was attended by a small group of NSW MPs and senior parliamentary staff, to hear from Holocaust survivor Eddy Boas.
By Carly Adno
October 28, 2021, 11:00 am
Vandals target Walt Secord
Secord, who is also the deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, has spoken out in Parliament about neo-Nazi extremists, and also recently put forward legislation to ban the display of the Nazi flag and swastika.
By AJN STAFF
NSW,Parliamentary Friends of Israel chair Scott Farlow.
October 28, 2021, 8:00 am
Farlow urges adoption of IHRA antisemitism definition
"We do not and will not accept antisemitism in our society, and it sends a clear message to the NSW Jewish community that we hear them and we stand with them in saying no to antisemitism."
By Gareth Narunsky
Eddie Jaku at The Great Synagogue. Photo: Giselle Haber
October 21, 2021, 8:00 am
‘A light to the world’
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet on Tuesday announced the family of Eddie Jaku has accepted the offer of a state memorial service.
By Evan Zlatkis
Video footage of Ismail Al-Wahwah at a Hizb ut-Tahrir rally in May. Photo: Screenshot
October 21, 2021, 12:00 am
Hate on our streets
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews said, "The government utterly condemns this offensive and hateful antisemitic rhetoric. There is absolutely no place for racism or prejudice in Australia." 
By Gareth Narunsky
Ismail al-Wahwah. Photo: AAP Image/Paul Miller
September 10, 2020, 12:00 am
Hizb ut-Tahrir leader: Jews ‘will cry blood’
'It is outrageous that the spiritual leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir, a radical Islamist group, can deliver such an inflammatory speech and publicly threaten violence with impunity'.
By Gareth Narunsky
Walt Secord and fiancee Julia Levitina. Photo: Noel Kessel
May 21, 2020, 2:30 am
Walt Secord converting to Judaism
NSW shadow treasurer Walt Secord, who is also deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel, is currently in the process of converting through Sydney's Emanuel Synagogue.
By Gareth Narunsky
Dr Mike Kelly.
April 30, 2020, 2:30 pm
Parliament ‘a poorer place’ without Mike Kelly
Jewish community leaders have paid tribute to outgoing federal Labor MP Mike Kelly, noting he 'always maintained a firm commitment to Australia's strong relationship with Israel'.
By Evan Zlatkis
NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman. Photo: Noel Kessel
April 23, 2020, 7:20 am
NSW govt to investigate swastika ban
'To flaunt the emblem in today's Australia is a sickening promotion of what the Nazis stood for ... it is imperative to explore the possibility of outlawing this symbol'.
By Gareth Narunsky
The offending flag at a Newtown home.
April 18, 2020, 6:08 pm
Calls to ban swastika in NSW
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has been urged to undertake a formal investigation into ways to ban the public display of Nazi flags in NSW following an incident in Newtown.
By Evan Zlatkis
Shaoquett Moselmane.
April 7, 2020, 4:00 pm
Moselmane resignation welcomed
'Apart from his offensive remarks about China’s role in the [coronavirus] pandemic, Mr Moselmane has taken deeply problematic views on Israel and our community over the years'.
By AJN STAFF
From left: Walt Secord, Mark Banasiak, Robert Borsak, Natalie Ward, Trevor Khan, Ron Hoenig and Dr Marjorie O’Neill. Photo: Giselle Haber
February 24, 2020, 12:00 pm
Israel tour moves politicians
'When I put my hand on the Kotel and felt all the hopes, the prayers and the history, I felt an overwhelming energy and tears just came,' Liberal MLC Natalie Ward said.
By Shane Desiatnik
From left: Vic Alhadeff, Natalie Ward and Mark Sofer at the opening of the Beyond Duty exhibition at NSW Parliament House. Photo: Giselle Haber
February 6, 2020, 6:30 am
‘The face of humanity’
A new exhibition at NSW Parliament House honours 34 diplomats from 21 countries who collectively saved 200,000 Jews from the Nazis.
By Gareth Narunsky
The Beyond Duty exhibition opens at NSW Parliament House on Monday, February 3.
January 31, 2020, 10:09 am
New exhibition at NSW Parliament
The exhibition 'recognises the tiny handful of diplomats who were willing to take a stand, who refused to be party to the genocide they were witnessing'.
By AJN STAFF
New NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel chair Natalie Ward.
October 16, 2019, 1:01 pm
Antisemitism ‘shows the worst of humanity’
Chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Natalie Ward delivered a speech in state parliament earlier this week about the rise of antisemitism in Australia and globally.
By AJN STAFF
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