The Australian Union of Students' 1974-75 Israel-Palestine Debates Revisited

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Australian Jewish Historical Society Journal, 24, 1 (2018)

Author(s) Philip Mendes AbstractIn 1974 and 1975, the radical left Australian Union of Students (AUS) presented extreme anti-Israel motions which were soundly defeated by a national student vote. As with the contemporary Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, the AUS attempted to cloak their hardline agenda to destroy the existing state of Israel via the disingenuous use of moderate terms
Year2018
Pages143-164
Keyword(s)Antisemitism; Australian Union of Students; Australian Union of Jewish Students; General Union of Palestinian Students; Australian Security Intelligence Organisation; Zionism and Israel