https://johnmenadue.com/payman-becomes-symbol-for-discontent-with-labor/Albo out of touch with the spirit of Labor policy and the popular mood

A number of politicians, including Albanese himself, once labelled themselves as “friends of Palestine,” and Australia has often proclaimed itself in favour of a two-state solution if there is to be a resolution of the rights of Palestinians in the lands that Israel now administers as if it had full legal and moral sovereignty over it. In fact, Australia has never been a neutral player. It has close relationships with the Israeli military establishment, and has bought and sold arms, and shared military technology with it. It trades military and political intelligence with it. American military bases in the centre of Australia are fundamental to the targeting and inception of missile strikes. The west’s intelligence exchange with Israel is almost as warm as the Five Eyes exchanges and embraces the activities of neighbouring Muslim governments. Australia has turned a blind eye, or made only token protests, when Israeli intelligence agents have used Australian cover, and sometimes, Australian passport on active “wet” intelligence operations against its neighbours.

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