Comments on: Three wise men https://www.jwire.com.au/three-wise-men/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:36:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Liat Kirby https://www.jwire.com.au/three-wise-men/#comment-627908 Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:36:24 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=154251#comment-627908 It’s an embarrassment, all right. As well as extremely offensive and vacuous. You sum it up perfectly, Michael. I’m Australian, so am more affected by Albanese’s rhetoric. You quoted him correctly, however, you can add to it that after mention of the Gazan civilians and infrastructure that should be protected, Hamas should be urged to lay down their arms. ‘urged to lay down their arms’! From that, of course, the glorious peace they all talk about may prevail.

The Federal Labor Party in Australia is riven with dissent in regard to the Palestinians and Israel and there’s enormous pressure on Albanese to be pro-Palestinian, which explains the recent shift in voting at the UN. The next thing being urged is recognition by Australia of Palestine as a sovereign state. To do that would be heinous interference in domestic politics abroad, and, of course, is the back entrance the Palestinians want to take so that they don’t have to negotiate with Israel.

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