Also when Labor MPs criticised China's violations of south China sea human rights in 2017, there was the threat of withdrawing Chinese financial support to Labor, leading the former Federal Labor MP Xiao Tengto to say as reported in the Beijing Australian:

The threat to withdraw financial support for the ALP because of perceived anti-China comments by Labor backbenchers is worrying. Not because the Labor needs the money, but because it suggests that all party members must toe the line even if their comments broadly agree with Labor policy. China has been very slow to learn from Israel.

Australia's foreign affairs policy is determined by USA, it's 'friend and ally'. It is sad to have seen Rudd, Guillard, Turnbull, trot along side Obama on a trip to Washington to get their orders, about whom to demonise, whom to sell assets like Darwin Port, how much to spend on defence, etc.

Fortunately, America was forced into WW11 as an unwilling ally; and over here, overpaid and over sexed!

And mostly a critique of American politicians masquerading as (forever meddling/demanding) chiefs of staff? And arguably the reason for all the patent stuff ups?

We went all the way with LBJ only to see our ally tuck tail and run, when what was required was a counteroffensive and free elections! Even if that ended a corrupt puppet government's hold on power?

Again, too willing to jump ship, when the best council would have been to remain in Afghanistan in full strength and finish the job!

Israel needs to fight her own battles, reap the whirlwind she has created!? Rather than continue to rely on the umbrella of unwilling allies?

Allies who proved their worth in Vietnam (desertion in the face of a smaller, weaker, less well armed, more intelligently lead enemy) and Afghanistan, when what was required was a final, finish the job push?

And again in Iraq, urging the shiites to rise up against Saddam Hussein, then like before elsewhere, leaving them to their predictable fate?

And again in Gulf war two, dumbly de-bathing government and demobilising the Iraqi army, to ensure a maximised but essentially avoidable blood bath!

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

A cruise missile in Assards front door, when he was in, could have ended the Syrian blood bath many months ago and saved countless lives!

Lack of essential President Kennedy like resolve, in the face of a demonstrably weaker enemy has completely reversed the fortunes of the rebels; not helped by the (preventable) troubling involvement of the Russians!

We should have a white, black, brindle, foreign affairs policy of becoming an island of sanity in world gone mad and make a start on complete self sufficiency/self reliance ASAP; and just selling more to the world than we buy from it!

As we transition back to a manufacturing economy! An essential must do, as is staying out of other folks military adventures!
Alan B.

It is all really simple to understand.
The Palistinians believe that moslems always lived in what we call
Israel and that the Jews NEVER lived there.
They really believe that and that is why their policy is that the jews
should leave Israel and for them to return somewhere.

The article is a whole lot of point missing.

The Jews lived there for thousands of years and the Arabs lived in Arabia.
When Islam was founded in Arabia Allah commanded them to take over the world.
They started with Mesopotamia and the Levant.
The Jews were driven out by the Romans, but not entirely.
Later the Christians were attacked, and still are, by the moslems for
being on "moslem" lands.
The Arab justification for calling the Israelis occupiers is based on
the absurd idea that the Jews never lived there.
It is so silly that the other excuse they use is that land once
occupied by moslems always remains moslem land no matter how it was
acquired in the past.

Is Kazak still alive ?
Its been a few drinks since 1975 when he paraded around Australia
arguing the death of the state of Israel.
Problem now is that he lives in the past...1985, 1992, 1993, 1995 and one "modern" reference to 2003.(31 years ago to 13 years ago)
Most of his quotes are Historical and no longer current by a long shot.
But he seems to resent not just israel but Jewish people who support Israel.Taking the mirror image however is quite ok however!Kazak himself as a Muslim palestinian who has ,it seems made Australia his home, and has no problem pushing for palestine.
I must say, it seems like the pot calling the kettle black....and the pot is too old and rusty by now.

Israelis are more like us than Palestinians, they are the only democratic country in their area, and they resist Muslim extremist. What else does this fellow think Australia would do? Recognise and support an enemy?