LIBERAL MP David Southwick and Labor MP Marsha Thomson, co-convenors of the Victorian Parliamentary Friends of Israel, will be jointly awarded the Jerusalem Prize at Zionism Victoria’s 78th Annual Assembly next month.
The accolade is presented annually by Zionism Victoria, the Zionist Federation of Australia and the World Zionist Organisation to an exceptional Australian who has worked consistently and tirelessly on behalf of Israel and the Jewish community.
Past recipients have included former prime ministers Julia Gillard and John Howard, former foreign minister Alexander Downer and The Australian newspaper’s foreign editor Greg Sheridan.
Southwick told The AJN that to receive the prestigious prize is “truly humbling and a great honour”.
Read the full article by Phoebe Roth at the Australian Jewish News.