In the lead-up to the next Australian Labor Party national conference in July, the usual suspects, in this instance the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) are getting nervous. Solution: wheel out Murdoch hack Simon Benson to unveil ECAJ's YouGovGalaxy poll which, according to Benson, reveals that:
"Federal Labor is at risk of alienating its support base over the party's pursuit of Palestinian statehood ahead of its national conference, with a majority of its own voters rejecting the move without the Palestinian Authority striking a peace deal with Israel." (ALP voters reject Palestine push, The Australian, 13/3/18)
Sample question:
In your opinion, when should Australia recognise a Palestinian state?
Now check out the framing, particularly of the third:
Immediately, with or without a Palestinian peace agreement with Israel (ALP voters: 14)
[How about:... with or without an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territories illegally occupied for the past 60 years?]
After a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (ALP voters 27)
[... premised on Israel's wanting one of course]
When all Palestinian groups renounce violence (ALP voters 12)
[But not Israel of course]
Never (ALP voters 12)
Don't know (ALP voters 36)
[Actually, it's the enormous number of 'dunnos' that make this last category the most interesting. Does it mean that 36% of ALP voters are deaf, dumb and blind? Or live in sheltered workshops? Or under rocks? I mean, this is 2018.]
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Mm mm.....the largest single block was 'I don't know', could this mean they don't want to know? Much easier to remain apathetic. Sums up Australian political reality, doesn't it?
"Most people would rather die than think." Bertrand Russell
How about: "Would you support an I/P peace treaty with the borders that Israel agreed with the UN when founded?"
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