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The migration of Palestinians to Australia has been closely linked to geopolitical events in the Middle East. Prior to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, records of Palestinian migration to Australia are sparse. After 1948, the patterns of Palestinian migration generally mirrored significant regional conflicts and displacements.
The Australia–Palestine relationship started in 1982 with the establishment of a Palestinian information office in Canberra.In 1989, the Australian Government recognised the Palestinian information office as the official representative of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Following the burning of the restaurant, about 200 pro-Palestinian demonstrators affiliated with the Free Palestine Melbourne group staged a protest march in Caulfield, which led to the evacuation of a nearby synagogue. The pro-Palestine march triggered a counter-demonstration by about 200 pro-Israel supporters from the local Jewish community.
Australia on Thursday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on seven Israeli settlers and a youth group it said had been involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. The ...
Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong said Canberra would consider recognition of a Palestinian state, a shift in policy as the international community looks for a two-state solution to end the ...
Thousands also protested at pro-Palestine rallies in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, and in the Victorian state capital of Melbourne, said the Guardian Australia news site.
In 2013, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs describes Australia and Israel as having "a healthy commercial relationship with two-way trade worth $919 million." [26] In 2015–16, two-way goods and services trade amounted to $1.3 billion, of which Australian exports were worth $349 million and imports from Israel $952 million. In 2015 ...
Australia voted on Friday with the overwhelming majority of the U.N. General Assembly in backing the resolution that would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It recommended the Security ...