Tony Burke alongside Bob Carr.

Labor Friends of Palestine booklet ‘demonises’ Israel

A BOOKLET produced by Australian Labor Friends of Palestine accusing the “pro-Israel lobby” of sending politicians, party officials and journalists to Israel to get a “carefully orchestrated, one-sided perspective” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been slammed as “disingenuous” by communal leaders.

The cover of the booklet.
The cover of the booklet.

The publication is billed as “An essential briefing for lucky politicians and journalists receiving an all-expenses paid trip to the Israel of Binyamin Netanyahu”.

It states, “The pro-Israel lobby is very powerful and is responding with one technique: it is spending millions of dollars on sending politicians, party officials and journalists to Israel to get a carefully orchestrated, one-sided perspective on the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

“They aim to soften the critical capacities of the participants.”

Read the article by Evan Zlatkis in the Australian Jewish News.