Liam Getreu, Author at J-Wire

UNESCO’s Offensive Resolution…writes Liam Getreu

Liam Getreu — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 19:36:17 +0000

Last week UNESCO passed an offensive resolution which disregards Judaism’s connection to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall.

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Israel’s human rights community under attack

Liam Getreu — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 01:19:15 +0000

Earlier this week, Im Tirtzu, an extremist group in Israel, released an incendiary video targeting Israel’s human rights groups.

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New Israel Fund’s emergency grants

Liam Getreu — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 03:17:06 +0000

In this time of conflict, the New Israel Fund, the leading organisation supporting civil society in Israel, is giving additional funds from its Emergency Grants Program to five Israeli organisations to support marginalised groups in Israel deal with rocket attacks and to combat intolerance.

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Advice for the New Israel Fund Australia

Liam Getreu — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 04:27:22 +0000

The New Israel Fund Australia has established an advisory council comprising leading members of the Australian Jewish legal fraternity and academia.

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Liam Getreu at the J-Street Conference

Liam Getreu — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:15:56 +0000

Yesterday was perhaps the most content-intense and potentially-controversial day at J Street thus far. It was also probably my most enjoyable day. (You can read my previous dispatches on my blog.) In the morning, the Obama administration, having been asked to provide someone to speak at the conference, dispatched negotiator Dennis Ross. In break-out sessions in the afternoon, issues of Palestinian statehood and the boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement were discussed, and in the evening, Naomi Chazan gave the keynote address at the conference's gala dinner.

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