tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post424011664556396066..comments2023-10-03T23:58:17.279+11:00Comments on Middle East Reality Check: Games Australian Politicians PlayMERChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500573372528287733noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-47934341221985911572018-04-24T21:49:45.411+10:002018-04-24T21:49:45.411+10:00Since this article Monash-worship has become a new...Since this article Monash-worship has become a new national religion. Scarce a day goes by without some new eulogy to Sir John Monash, and I did a little googling to see what the legendary gassing-general of WW1 thought about Zionism.<br /><br />It turns out he was sweet on Zionism.. very sweet indeed. Honorary President of the Australian Zionist Federation, no less.<br /><br />https://www.jta.org/1928/09/09/archive/sir-john-monash-heads-the-australian-zionist-federation<br /><br />No wonder Monash's reputation is promoted so hard a century later, while the name of his more illustrious co-religionist, Isaac Isaacs, slides unremarked down the Memory Hole..Syd Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08575806747240913926noreply@blogger.com