Ah CJ, I see now your criteria for friendship .. do all your "friends" know they are only your friends because they have done something for you?

"Like I said, what have they ever done for us? The only reason we're "friends" is that both Australia and Israel are entirely dependent on the US for protection. Having a "friend" like Israel is starting to give us a bad name"

So what has
Hamas
Palestine
Fatah
Al Quiada
Sri Lankan refugees
Irqi refugess
all refugees

done for us?

by your definition, they are not our friends and not worthy of consideration, and even then you go further and say having them as friends will give us a bad name.

Goodness - that's terribly shallow, but I can see that fits a lot of the posts now, the anti Israel glee club, and all the haters.

Me, I just think objectivel, that there is a beat up going on, they are at war with Hamas, and even then treat them very well, and constantly come under unprovoked attack. Israel does good and not so good things, like any friend you occasionally cringe at some of their behavior, you don't drop them though in favor of some populous set up for the benefit of terrorists. As long as you tolerate terrorism, you reward it .. don't you?

But, don't you worry about it .. because they haven't done anything for you!

Tell me, who has done something that warrants our/your friendship, please explain how a terrorist organisation like Hamas has been a friend of Australia, that warrants your friendship.

I look forward to your response.

Amicus, so many straw men. I haven't suggested that any of those other groups you mention are not Australia's "friends". Neither did I say that those who are not our friends are "not worthy of consideration".

What I have suggested is that with "friends" like Israel, Australia doen't need enemies.