Ali Kazak is a former Palestinian ambassador and head of delegation to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region.

He is an expert in Australian-Arab relations and affairs. He was the publisher and co-editor of Free Palestine newspaper (1979-90), publisher and editor of Background Briefing (1987-93), the book The Jerusalem Question (1997), and author of “Australia and the Arabs” (in Arabic) 2012, as well as other publications.