Unlike over a dozen Western leaders and others, Albanese has declined the opportunity to include in his frequent overseas trips a solidarity visit to Israel.

The Albanese government has been "so negative to Israel in a whole series of policy shifts, it may well be judged as the most anti-Israel since the modern state of Israel was recognised in 1948". (David Adler, President of the Australian Jewish Association).

Things like:

. Withdrawing the limited recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital
. The changing of the official terminology in diplomacy now referring
to occupied rather than disputed territories
. Changing our UN voting pattern
. Doubling foreign aid to 'Palestinian territories' from $35 million
to $70 million annually,

are all indicators.

Funding of the UN agency, UNRWA, which runs schools in Gaza, and supports Hamas has also increased from $10 million to $20 million - to fund the reading of hatred and terrorism.

"Australian Labor government policy has poured petrol on the flames of Jihad and antisemitism". (Adler)

Like Jeremy the Jew hater Corbin, I think that they are in denial of their blatant antisemitism. Utterly shameful!

I'm sorry since when was Israel a state in Australia?
Is licking Israels butt a prerequisite to being 'Australian' now?

"Funding of the UN agency, UNRWA, which runs schools in Gaza, and supports Hamas has also increased from $10 million to $20 million - to fund the reading of hatred and terrorism."

- Well you don't have to worry about that now, because Israel has killed nearly 100 UNRWA aid workers in Gaza since Oct 7.

Israel-Hamas war is deadliest ever for UN aid workers, with at least 88 killed
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/06/israel-hamas-war-deadliest-for-un-aid-workers-agency-leaders-ceasefire-call

Some of the policies are silly and indeed make no sense, like why not recognise Western Jerusalem as Israel's capital, where it clearly is and always been?

However, nearly half of Israeli citizens oppose its 1967 occupation, including Israel's Labor party:
what's wrong about Australia's Labor government supporting them for a change rather than Israel's present government?

Support Israel - sure, but a true good friend does not blindly support their friend's mistakes.

"Albanese has declined the opportunity to include in his frequent overseas trips a solidarity visit to Israel."

Israel is only of a minor concern to Australia, its not country of any real strategic importance, and a visit by Albanese at this time would not serve Australia's interests what so ever. In the past we have acted the sycophant of America, by dutifully following when the master has so ordered, American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were of no benefit to Australia. Nothing achieved by our involvement in those aggressive wars. We should not over involve ourselves to any great extent in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, other than to work through the UN in trying to bring about a peaceful resolution.

p/s If some of the Old Farts on this forum had their way we'd be at war with China, Russia and anyone else who isn't serving American interests.

Albanese's stubborn stupidity not to show courtesy and support to Israel is not just about Israeli Jews or their country; it's also of concern to Jewish Australians who are becoming aware that they might not be any safer in Australia than are Jews in Israel.

Not a thing is being done here to deal with the mad multicultural mobs calling for gassing of Jews. Albanese will not even uphold Australian law outlawing support for terrorism.

The terror attacks, including all those in the past, are not about a country or who occupies what part of it: they are all to do with Anti-Semitism - killing Jews.

When anti-Semites talk about the lack of importance of Isreal to Australia, they are really talking about the lack of importance of Jews to the Albanese government, and to them, the anti-Semites themselves.

Of the few comments on the topic, two are anti-Semitic