Colin Rubenstein

Colin Rubenstein

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Colin Rubenstein is the executive director of the Australia Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, an organization dedicated to advocating for Jewish community issues and strengthening Australia-Israel relations. He has recently urged the Labor Party not to preference the Greens in Macnamara due to the latter's controversial stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Colin Rubenstein said the group was relieved Husic’s 'highly extreme and incendiary proposal' was rejected but was 'deeply disappointed' by the removal of an explicit call for Hamas to disarm.

Bad blood simmers within Labor after national conference
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-26
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Colin Rubenstein said the group was deeply concerned by reports that the ALP’s draft national platform has dropped explicit calls for Hamas to disarm.

Party faces pressure to reinsert Hamas disarmament demand in party platform
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-07-21
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Colin Rubenstein is the executive director of the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, who applauded AHPRA’s decision.

medical watchdog faces backlash over antisemitism definition
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-06-22
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Colin Rubenstein, the executive director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, said it was 'horrified' by what had taken place.

‘We stand with you’: Jewish leaders around world respond to Bondi beach attack | Bondi beach terror attack
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-12-14
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Colin Rubenstein emphasized that he had warned for years about the rising atmosphere of anti-Semitism.

Nhân chứng kể phút hoảng loạn trong vụ xả súng ở Australia
VnExpress – leading Vietnamese online newspaper, est. 2001·VietnamVietnam· 2025-12-14
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Colin Rubenstein, executive director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, expressed horror at the unfolding events.

Bondi beach mass shooting: 12 people killed after gunshots fired at Sydney park hosting Jewish festival | Bondi beach shooting
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-12-14
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Colin Rubenstein criticized Bob Carr's comments, suggesting they were conspiratorial and aimed at discrediting Segal.

Government slams Advance after antisemitism envoy’s husband’s donation
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-07-14
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Colin Rubenstein is from the Australia-Israel Jewish Affairs Council discussing Iran's actions.

Anthony Albanese meeting with Donald Trump at G7 in doubt
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-06-13
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Colin Rubenstein called on Labor not to preference the Greens due to their extremism.

Labor, Greens in preference stoush over Gaza
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-04-02
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