Once, Australian prime ministers were content to merely flirt with the Zionist entity, acting as one of its fig leaves in the UNGA. It was, of course, highly embarrassing to watch, and the eye-rolling that must have gone on among the other representatives of UN member states at the spectacle can only be imagined.
But then, under former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's relationship with the apartheid state began to move beyond mere flirtation when Turnbull issued an invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu to 'Come up and see me sometime, big boy.' This was only last year.
Under Turnbull's successor, Scott Morrison, however, all caution was thrown to the winds when, in his haste to win over the Jewish community in the crucial Wentworth by-election, he fatally took a leaf out of Trump's book and spoke of moving Australia's embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. By doing so this clueless evangelical goof didn't so much climb as leap into bed with Netanyahu. Not, repeat not, a pretty picture.
There are signs, however, that in the cold glare of the unforgiving morning light, our happy clapper PM began to experience an 'Oh no, what have I done?' moment. Hence his decision to "review" his embassy-to-Jerusalem brainsnap.
What, however, this klutz seems not to have thought about is that Netanyahu is not the kind to take this lying down, and, sure enough, the inevitable Israeli bullying and threats were not long in coming:
"Israel has made it clear it expects the Australian government to follow through. Brigadier General (retired) Yosi Kuperwasser, a former head of the research division at Israel Defence Force Intelligence, said if Australia did not follow through, it could have serious consequences. "I think as an Israeli, it would be a very strange move if Australia ultimately decided not to move to Jerusalem. It could be very dangerous," he said." (Jakarta a "key factor in Israel" decision, Primrose Riordan, The Australian, 1/11/18)
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I often think that the mafia gang analogy for Israeli behaviour is very apposite. Have a good day, MERC.
Great analysis Merc. Just how "evangelical" is Morrison? Does he believe in the rapture, or is he just an opportunist? His time is almost over, of course, but the alternative is so bleak as to offer no alternative hope.
Right wing pundits have described the preposterous notion to move Australia's embassy to Jerusalem as "a bribe" to sway the vote of the Jewish community which is alleged to constitute 12.5 per cent of the electorate of Wentworth in the crucial by-election. The opinions of the other 87.5 per cent are disregarded or are presumed to be in agreement with flouting international law.
Wentworth is one of the most affulent electorates in Australia. There is no shortage of mega rich grandees and multi million dollar harbour-side mansions. Wentworth has always voted Liberal. It is always described as being "conservative."
The Liberal Party place much emphasis on purporting to represent the "mainstream."
What the self deluded buffoons in the Liberal Party leadership bubble failed to take into account is that support for the Bandit State among ordinary mainstream and conservative Australians is at an all time low.
In Wentworth non Jewish voters represent 87.5 per cent of the electorate. A number of Jewish voters are embarrassed by Zionism. Just look at the opinion polls and the only poll that matters - the vote on election night.
It's a bit like the infamous Balfour Declaration where the majority are described as 'the existing non Jewish community."
It doesn't take a degree in political science to work out that radical and expansionist Zionism is anything but conservative or mainstream. The electorate voted accordingly; they rejected radical Zionism, they rejected the obsequious Liberals and they rejected their sectional ideology.
Wentworth is still a conservative electorate, they just don't vote Liberal.
If he had wanted to embarrass the Zionists, Morrison could not have played it better. Of course, the media will not play this up, but Kuperwasser's response ought to be headline news. Imagine what the ABC would have said if a Russian had said something like this.
It is symptomatic of a strange and unrealistic mindset among Israel's rulers - arrogance and supremacism. If only I believed that this ploy was deliberate on Morrison's part, I would be impressed.
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