Albanese: “Australia’s role as “the largest non-NATO contributor to the effort supporting the sovereignty of Ukraine & their struggle against the barbaric and illegal war being undertaken by Russia”
Apparently, the barbaric and illegal war crimes by Israel count for nothing to this former Friend of Palestine.
“In 1999, Albanese helped co-found the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine, a bipartisan group with Liberal MP Joe Hockey as chairman and Albanese as secretary.” These two supporters of prolific spending on the AUKUS boondoggle travelled to Palestine in 1998. Protester to prime minister: A timeline of Albanese’s public stance on Palestine | | Crikey
Israel is a country where people have rioted and protested to defend the right of the IDF to rape prisoners.
Protesters, politicians and TV commentators in Israel are defending the right of soldiers to mistreat and even
rape Palestinian prisoners in detention. The show of support follows the gang rape of a male detainee
by a group of Israeli reservists – Israeli protesters rally for ‘the right to rape’ prisoners | Al Jazeera
“Anthony Albanese has criticised student protesters and reprimanded a junior senator for speaking out. But he was once an outspoken advocate too, attending a protest in 2000 where Israeli flags were burned and the US consulate stormed.”
Pre-pro-Israel Albanese: “Palestinian teenagers should not be throwing rocks, but the fact that they are does not justify an army shooting at unarmed civilians, using snipers, bazookas, grenades, tanks and attack helicopters.”
Israel has been dropping 2000lb American bombs on Gaza and unleashed tanks, drones, artillery, helicopters, etc… on that densely populated city since October 2023, but “Albo” has continued to support Israel’s genocidal response while attacking Australians protesting the mass slaughter of Palestinian people.
The barbaric treatment of Palestinian prisoners receives no condemnation from the Labor government…
Yesterday, in the latest episode of unrest over sexual violence in Israel’s prisons, a video of nine soldiers raping a Palestinian detainee was broadcast on Israel’s Channel 12. Later in the day, a right-wing mob converged on Israel’s Supreme Court and disrupted a hearing about Sde Teiman.
…while any reply to Israel’s attacks is firmly denounced.
Penny Wong: “Iran’s escalation is a grave threat to the security of Israel and the entire region. It risks greater instability and devastation across the Middle East. Anyone who cares for the protection of innocent life must stand against these attacks.”
This hypocritical statement in response to Iran retaliating due to the attack on its embassy by Israel. Wong has nothing to say about Palestinian deaths, Israeli gang rapes and torture but was quick to cut aid to Palestinians based on Israeli propaganda.
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