Israeli Australians

[1][4] The largest percentage of Israeli Australians live within the state of Victoria, closely followed by New South Wales.

However, there are a small number of Palestinian Christians and Muslims who immigrated to Australia while originally having Israeli citizenship.

However, the group occasionally is cited in mainstream media such as controversy surrounding the 2016 VCE exams as well as the 2022 Sydney Festival.

[1] It is indicated that Israeli Australians live predominantly within urban areas of Victoria and New South Wales.

[5] The largest population of Israeli Australians reside in Victoria (4,353), followed by New South Wales (3,594), Queensland (738) and Western Australia (697).

Within Victoria, 80% of all Israeli Australians live in the Glen Eira, described by Daeshi Lawrence to be “the heart of Melbourne's Jewish community”.

[14] While the region of Palestine lies within Israel, Palestinian Australians are not counted in recent census data unless they choose to identify themselves.

The Festival is called “Jerusalem Cinematheque New Zealand and Australia Film Series” and consists of 12 weekly screenings.

[19] Given political tension within the state of Israel since the mid twentieth century, there are varied stances on the conflict within the Israeli Australian community.

[21] Notwithstanding this statement, Ryvchin also supports Israeli retaliation and has openly criticised Palestinian leadership.

[22] On top of this Israeli Australian community groups such as the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, use their platform as a means to push political messages.

[8] The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council seeks to limit anti-Israeli bias and publish their own media in order to provide an Israeli Australian perspective on the conflict.

[23] However, the partnership with the Israeli embassy has resulted in boycotts from three arts organisations and several acts scheduled to perform at the festival.

Such acts include artist Khaled Sabsabi, rapper Barkindji, dance company Bindi Bosses, the Arab Theatre Studio, the Bankstown Poetry Slam and comedian Nazeem Hussain.