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Israel eviction is dangerous
Herald Sun ^ | 26th May 2010 | Andrew Bolt

Posted on 05/25/2010 5:18:40 PM PDT by naturalman1975

IS there anything Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will not sacrifice to his manic vanity?

Take his decision this week to expel an Israeli diplomat - a reckless over-reaction that has privately outraged key figures of the Labor Right.

And see who, in capitals around the Middle East, is cheering Rudd most, having dangled before him the bribe of a vote his ego craves, but which this country cannot afford.

It is beyond serious doubt that it was Israeli spies who used forged Australian passports in Dubai in January when assassinating the leading weapons buyer of Hamas and co-founder of the terrorist group's military arm.

That deserved our condemnation, but only on the grounds that Mossad is now so slack that its agents got caught out with our documents in their hands.

The killing itself hardly deserved comment - and certainly should not have been described by Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith as "murder".

After all, knocking off a jihadist boss on an arms-buying mission is morally no different from what SAS soldiers do every week in Afghanistan, hunting more jihadists there. Or do our soldiers "murder", too, Mr Smith?

The assassination was also a lot more clinical than we tend to get when an American drone drops a bomb on a group of suspected Taliban in some Pakistani village.

Still, these were Australian documents, so some level of protest was called for. But this much?

In fact, the Israeli assassins also used forged passports of France, Germany, Britain and Ireland, yet only Britain has as yet retaliated as harshly as Rudd has done now, by expelling an Israeli diplomat.

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: australia; kevinrudd; waronterror
If my passport should be useful to Israel in ending a terrorist, they can have it any time.
1 posted on 05/25/2010 5:18:40 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975

I’ll send my passport if it will help.


2 posted on 05/25/2010 5:37:36 PM PDT by no dems (I never thought I could loathe anyone more than the Clintons; enter Barack Hussein Obama.)
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To: Fred Nerks; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
...assassins also used forged passports of France, Germany, Britain and Ireland, yet only Britain has as yet retaliated as harshly as Rudd has done now, by expelling an Israeli diplomat.
Rudd (or the UK for that matter) apply the same 'standard' to any of the terrorist organizations?
3 posted on 05/25/2010 6:58:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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4 posted on 05/26/2010 4:50:36 AM PDT by SJackson (Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided, Barack Hussein Obama)
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I hope Australia doesn't have any active volcanoes due to go off.

Also, this line was hilarious:

It is beyond serious doubt that it was Israeli spies who used forged Australian passports in Dubai in January when assassinating the leading weapons buyer of Hamas and co-founder of the terrorist group's military arm.

That deserved our condemnation, but only on the grounds that Mossad is now so slack that its agents got caught out with our documents in their hands.

Shalom.

5 posted on 05/26/2010 5:20:22 AM PDT by Buggman (HebrewRoot.com - Baruch haBa b'Shem ADONAI!)
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To: Buggman

Sadly, Australia might be considered an island. A very large one, but perhaps.....”fled away”

Revelation 16:20 Every island fled away


6 posted on 05/26/2010 5:45:21 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and proud of it. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins
I'd be more concerned with the brush fires that will happen when the first trumpet is blown.

Shalom.

7 posted on 05/26/2010 6:10:03 AM PDT by Buggman (HebrewRoot.com - Baruch haBa b'Shem ADONAI!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Arab ‘bully-boy’ tactics threaten UN bid
Posted on 04 February 2010


Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Robert Goot. Photo: AJN file
NAOMI LEVIN

THE Jewish community is calling on the Australian Government to stick to its guns in its support for Israel, despite Arab representatives attempting to blackmail the country into changing its views or lose the chance of a United Nations (UN) seat.

As reported in The Australian this week, Arab League representative Hashem Yousseff, who is currently in the country, said Australia’s staunch support for the Jewish State will be “taken into consideration” when Arab nations vote on whether Australia should take a temporary UN Security Council seat in 2013-14.

The Israeli embassy in Canberra issued a statement rejecting Yousseff’s logic.

“Any nation considering their support for a vote on a Security Council seat should first reflect on the merits of the nominee and the contribution that they may make to international affairs, before considering their own self-interest,” it declared.

http://jewishnews.net.au/tag/un


8 posted on 05/26/2010 5:55:07 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Thanks Fred Nerks!


9 posted on 05/26/2010 8:14:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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