Unless this is all very elaborate theatre designed to convince the Australian people that the government is furious about the Israeli passport scandal, when in fact, they’re not, I can’t recall another time when Israel is being challenged as strongly in the public arena (and certainly not when Israel is killing civilians in Palestine):
And here:
From today’s Sydney Morning Herald:
Betrayed PM should not be taken for granted by Israel.
''He was stunned and outraged,'' said a colleague. He considered it a personal affront as well as a national insult.
Rudd has been such a strong supporter of Israel that a former chairman of the World Jewish Congress, Isi Leibler, last year described him as ''a Christian Zionist - he understands and has some sympathy for us''
But an Australian official said the Israeli secret service had probably calculated that, even if it were caught using forged Australian passports, Canberra would not retaliate.
''It wouldn't matter whether it was John Howard or Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott in the prime minister's chair, they know we wouldn't sever relations. They know they've got us by the balls,'' partly because of the strength of the Israel lobby, he said.
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They know they've got us by the balls,'' partly because of the strength of the Israel lobby,
Ahem!
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