Israel-Undermining Event Coming To A Campus Down Under

Wollongong, which some allege derives its name from an Aboriginal word meaning "many snakes" and others "sound of the sea," is an industrial port in New South Wales.  Here's  a glimpse of downtown Wollongong during a protest in Crown Street following the deaths of "peace activists" aboard the Mavi Marmara a couple of years ago:

Later this month, the University of Wollongong (coincidentally the alma mater of the female Socialist Alliance aspiring politician who's seen and heard, keffiyeh-clad, on the above footage) is hosting a "Collaborative Struggle" Conference under the auspices of the Institute For Social Transformation Research (wow, that's some title!) in cooperation with the School of History and Politics.

The aim of the Conference is evidently to propagandise for a single state "solution" entailing the eradication of the sovereign state of Israel.

As announced here the Conference will feature an exhibition that

"showcases a proposal to turn an abandoned army base into a visitors center toward Palestinian return

Presented by Zochrot, an Arab-Jewish NGO introducing the Palestinian Nakba to Jewish Istaeli [sic] society."

It will also include a public lecture by no less a personage than Ilan Pappé, entitled  "Desegregating The Conflict: The History of Collaborative Struggle in Palestine".

One of the two Wollongong academics convening the conference is preparing a book with the working title After Israel. In an extensive post relating to him ("F*ck you fascist Zionists") on the Israeli Academia Monitor site here it is remarked:

"[The] University of Wollo[n]gong is a large public university with a big international students body that has become the newest outpost of the struggle against Israel."

 All the more reason to appreciate this Aussie's heart-warming letter of praise for Israel, then!