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Alex Dafner Yiddish Report 5th June 2016

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Australian Jewish leaders and community thanked FM Julie Bishop for Australias vote against an unfair anti-Israeli resolution at the WHO, which condemned the Jewish State alone, for violating the health of the Palestinian population.With the Australian election campaigns in full swing, some seats with a large Jewish electorate, such as Melbourne Ports, will again be hotly contested by the sitting Labor, challenging Liberal and Greens parties, with preferences again likely to decide the outcome.The Australian richest list, published by the AFR recently, has three Jewish businessman, all migrants or children of migrants, at the top of the list, with others, also predominantly children of migrants following in the top 50 and 200.


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Australian Jewish leaders and community thanked FM Julie Bishop for Australias vote against an unfair anti-Israeli resolution at the WHO, which condemned the Jewish State alone, for violating the health of the Palestinian population.With the Australian election campaigns in full swing, some seats with a large Jewish electorate, such as Melbourne Ports, will again be hotly contested by the sitting Labor, challenging Liberal and Greens parties, with preferences again likely to decide the outcome.The Australian richest list, published by the AFR recently, has three Jewish businessman, all migrants or children of migrants, at the top of the list, with others, also predominantly children of migrants following in the top 50 and 200.



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