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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Dave Sharma

An inter-parliamentary task force to combat online anti-Semitism convenes its first session over Zoom on November 10, 2020. (Screen capture/Zoom)
November 12, 2020, 1:59 am
International lawmakers to push social media giants on online anti-Semitism
Bipartisan task force of lawmakers from US, Israel, Australia, Canada and UK hear recommendations for actions they can take to address issue, hold big tech accountable
By Jacob Magid
US Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks during a news conference with Congressman Ted Deutch (L) looking on in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 5, 2016, (AP/Lynne Sladky)
September 29, 2020, 9:02 pm
Congress launches inter-parliamentary task force to combat online anti-Semitism
Bipartisan group will include MPs from Israel, Australia, Canada and UK, aims to establish consistent policy in legislatures around the world to hold social media sites accountable
By Jacob Magid
President Reuven Rivlin (right) meets with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Canberra, Australia, February 26, 2020. (Koby Gideon/GPO)
May 27, 2020, 2:14 pm
Rivlin assures Australian premier alleged sex abuser Leifer won’t escape justice
Scott Morrison tells Israeli president that Malka Leifer being found fit for extradition has brought Australians relief; issue had been major sticking point in visit this year
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem, on February 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)
December 28, 2019, 9:09 am
Drawn-out legal saga in sex crimes case rattles Israel-Australia ties
Ex-head of Jewish group says alleged victims dealt ‘further trauma,’ Israeli institutions ‘undermined’ by failure of repeated hearings to rule if Malka Leifer can be extradited
By Tia Goldenberg
Liberal Party cadidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma (L) waits for voters outside a polling station during the Wentworth by-election in Bondi Beach in Sydney on October 20, 2018 (PETER PARKS / AFP)
October 19, 2019, 11:14 pm
Ex-Australian envoy says Israel’s failure to extradite Malka Leifer damages ties
Ambassador-turned-MP Dave Sharma tells parliament that 5-year-and-counting process to send alleged serial pedophile back to Melbourne increasingly becoming point of contention
By Jacob Magid
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to media after the official opening of the refurbished ANZAC Memorial in Sydney on October 20, 2018 (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
October 20, 2018, 2:02 pm
Australia government loses crucial vote, leaving Israel embassy move in doubt
Result in by-election snuffs out coalition’s one-seat majority, sends country into period of political instability, diminishes prospects of mission relocating to Jerusalem
By AFP and ToI Staff
Newly elected leader of the Liberal Party, Scott Morrison addresses media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Aug. 24, 2018 (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 20, 2018, 4:56 am
Australia gov’t braces for defeat in vital by-election marked by Jerusalem offer
Loss will leave PM without parliamentary majority; he floated idea of moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in apparent attempt to woo Jewish voters
By AFP
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media in Canberra, October 17, 2018. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 19, 2018, 11:50 am
‘Desperate’ times for Australian government as crunch election looms
Loss of by-election in heavily Jewish Sydney suburb of Wentworth, where former envoy to Israel Dave Sharma is running, could cost Liberal party its parliamentary majority
By AFP and ToI Staff
Newly elected leader of the Liberal Party, Scott Morrison addresses media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Aug. 24, 2018 (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 18, 2018, 11:20 am
Australia’s spy agency said to warn embassy move may spark Palestinian violence
Top-secret bulletin says formally recognizing Israeli capital will ‘attract attention’; PM Morrison hits back at criticism from opposition, calls NSW Labour party ‘anti-Semitic’
By Tamar Pileggi
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens the winter session of the Knesset on October 15, 2018. (Knesset)
October 16, 2018, 4:00 pm
Electioneering at any cost: 8 things to know for October 16
Netanyahu’s tired quips, an unsafe train and a possible transfer of Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem are all chalked up to vote-chasing
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, left, speaks to the media alongside Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne at the Parliament House in Canberra, October 16, 2018. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
October 16, 2018, 12:57 pm
Australia may also recognize East Jerusalem as future Palestinian capital
Israel praised Canberra’s surprise talk of recognition, embassy move, but Morrison’s distinction between east and west of city seems closer to Russia’s position than to Trump’s
By Raphael Ahren
Newly elected leader of the Liberal Party, Scott Morrison addresses media at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Aug. 24, 2018 (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)
October 16, 2018, 8:25 am
Netanyahu lauds, Palestinians deplore Australia for mulling embassy move
PM Scott Morrison tells press conference he is open to ‘sensible’ option, says he supports two-state solution but ‘frankly it hasn’t been going that well’
By Michael Bachner and AFP
Outgoing Australian Ambassador Dave Sharma at a farewell reception in Tel Aviv, June 11, 2017 (Ariel Besor)
June 15, 2017, 1:39 pm
Israel is ‘in our blood,’ outgoing Australian ambassador says
Packing up after four years in Tel Aviv, Dave Sharma reflects on close relationships, lessons learned, and a few ‘difficult conversations’
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull during a joint press conference in Sydney, Australia, on February 22, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)
April 12, 2017, 3:26 pm
Australia names new ambassador to Israel
After 4 years heading the Tel Aviv embassy, Dave Sharma is set to return to Canberra in mid-June
By ToI Staff
Michael Danby
March 31, 2017, 2:07 pm
Michael Danby
Bad journalism or something else?
Whether Gaza aid worker Mohammad El-Halabi funneled millions to Hamas will be determined by an Israeli court, not Australian media
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