Latest news with #JoelBurnie
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Australia-US relationship at ‘record low' following ‘concerning' Palestine move
AIJAC Executive Manager Joel Burnie says the Albanese government's decision to recognise a Palestinian state should 'concern' all Australians. 'The relationship between Australia and the United States is at a record low,' Mr Burnie told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. 'This is just one of many issues that have happened over the past couple of months that illustrate that the very important strategic alliance between our two countries has been placed on rocks because of the ill-fated and sometimes confusing approach of this government. 'That should concern all of Australia.'
Sky News AU
25-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Potential worsening of Australia-Israel relations as Albanese releases statement
Australia and Jewish Affairs Council's Joel Burnie comments on the Australia-Israel relationship, claiming Israel has a 'very close affinity with Australia' despite the Albanese government's recent condemnation. 'The good thing on that front is that the Israelis have had a very close affinity with Australia ever since its establishment,' Mr Burnie told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. 'The relationship between Israel and Australia is far deeper than that; it's a friendship, it's a deep and warm relationship where Israelis love Australians, they love what Australia means to them.'
Sky News AU
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘When will it stop?': Jewish community urges government to ‘get to work' on finding solutions
Australia and Jewish Affairs Council Joel Burnie says the Australian Jewish community has been under 'intense siege and barrage' from the wider community as the consistent attacks keep 'ripping the fabrics of Australia's social cohesion'. 'There has been a distained campaign against a very proud community that has given all that it has given to this great country of ours,' Mr Burnie told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'There has to be an endpoint where the authorities and the government take it upon themselves, instead of listing that they've done and tried to do, it's obviously not working, so get to work on finding out the solution to the problem and fix it quickly.'
Sky News AU
07-07-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Jews fed up by ‘artificial meaningless words' from Jacinta Allan
Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council Joel Burnie says Australia has gone 'crazy' and 'loopy' with the antisemitic attacks occurring. 'Nothing is more jarring to the ears of a Jewish person in this country than to hear a political leader or a leader say there is no place for antisemitism in this country,' Mr Burnie told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'This is a formulated construct of artificial words with poor syntax that are essentially meaningless to the people that have been under consistent siege for the past 21-22 months. 'When is the immediacy of this matter going to come to the floor?'
Sky News AU
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Israel has ‘weaned off' idea of two-state solution with Palestine following Oct 7 atrocities
Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council Joel Burnie says a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine cannot happen without 'deep reform of the Palestinian Authority'. 'For obvious reasons, but mainly because of Palestinian rejectionism of previous offers, plus the bloody responses that come through those offers, mainly the second intifada, and obviously October 7, the Israeli public has unfortunately been weaned off the idea that there is a partner for peace,' Mr Burnie told Sky News Senior Reporter Caroline Marcus. 'The idea of somehow recognising that the two-state solution is the ultimate aim, but that caveat is, is that it would require deep modification and the removal of the corruption of the Palestinian Authority. 'The Palestinian Authority… is currently paying the stipends of Hamas terrorists who entered Israel on October 7, there is significant change that is required within the Palestinian political society.'
