Thursday 19 June 2014

"Occupation": Aussie Labor Senator Anne Urquhart quotes Ali Kazak

Another reason why Australian supporters of Israel would be wise to consider even the worst Liberal government superior to the best Labor one: Anne Urquhart, Labor's deputy whip in the Senate, acting yet again as spokeswoman for the anti-Israel pro-Arab cause.  Senator Urquhart's hardly a charismatic figure, her tone in this speech on "Occupation" and East Jerusalem and Aussie policy is soporific, and she seems not to have too high an opinion of her fellow-senators' intellectual level since she patronises them what the word "tendentious" means.

 

I must admit, I almost dozed off during this monotonous address, but the Tasmanian senator's quotation from a letter from a familiar figure, Ali Kazak, former PLO representative in Canberra ("Thank you, Mr Kazak"), jolted me awake again.

Still, this motion, brainchild of Greens leader Christine Milne and Independent senator Nick Xenophon, was thwarted:
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3 comments:

  1. Ian19 June 2014 at 22:28

    One of the many many debunkings of the occupied lie.
    The ICRC and 'the law'

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  2. Ian19 June 2014 at 22:37

    Funny how someone who claims to be only expressing opinions based on legal foundations, she still refers to 1948 (sic) borders (sic).
    Will Bob Carr speak out about the influence of the Arab Lobby?

    Wow she claims all of Jerusalem is occupied (7:30).

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