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- ↑ Media release: Justice for Lebanon and Palestine Archived 22 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine Muslim Village Australia, 16 August 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2008
- ↑ Standing ovation as Howard receives the Jerusalem Prize Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Australian Jewish News, 21 May 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2008