{"id":123014,"date":"2025-08-04T17:05:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123014"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T08:46:42","slug":"04-05-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=123014","title":{"rendered":"500+ Jewish Australians take out newspaper ad saying NO to ethnic cleansing of Palestinians"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>500+ Jewish Australians take out newspaper ad saying NO to ethnic cleansing of Palestinians<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Sarah Schwartz <\/strong>interviewed by<\/em><\/span> The Sunday Shot<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Members of the Australian Jewish community have taken out a full-page ad in Nine newspapers urging Australia to reject Trump\u2019s plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The ad in today\u2019s\u00a0Sydney Morning Herald\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0The<\/em>\u00a0Age<\/em>, organised by an independent grassroots collective, features the names of 500 Jewish signatories including musician Ben Lee; actor Miriam Margolyes; lawyers Andrea Durbach AM, Robert Richter KC, Josh Bornstein and George Newhouse; Healthcare specialist Dr Alex Wodak AM; disability commissioner Dr Rhonda Galbally AC;\u00a0 well-known businessman Ron Finkel AM; and award-winning authors Anna Fienberg, Eleanor Limprecht, Dennis Altman AM and Clare Wright OAM.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jewish Council stands with the petition organisers and hundreds of Jewish Australians who reject the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. We join calls for Australia to firmly reject US President Donald Trump\u2019s cruel and unlawful plan for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza and support Palestinians\u2019 rights to return and rebuild Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sarah Schwartz, Executive Officer, Jewish Council of Australia, said:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2018Palestinians have rights to self-determination, equality, freedom and justice. This includes the right to rebuild and remain in their homeland after 16 months of Israel\u2019s destruction of Palestinian life in Gaza. Our government must take material steps to support these rights, and reject calls for ethnic cleansing and genocide.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018The repression of Jewish dissenters is at an all time high, with high profile defenders of Israel, such as Mark Leibler and Steve Bannon, calling Jews who criticise Israel\u2019s human rights abuses \u201crepulsive and revolting<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u201d and \u201cthe number one enemy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u201d Publicly signing on to something like this is not easy. The fact that so many were willing to sign their name, standing on the shoulders of our Jewish ancestors who stood up against injustice, shows that Jewish voices in support of Palestinians can no longer be ignored.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more quotes from some of the petition\u2019s organisers,\u00a0click here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n