The revelation that Prime Minister Julia Gillard's partner is employed by a prominent Israel lobbyist has exposed her appalling anti-Palestinian bias, says Asem Judeh, human rights activist and Israeli Terrorism Monitor founder.
"Even former Australian ambassadors to Israel are coming out expressing outrage at Gillard's bias," says Judeh. "Now it emerges that Gillard's partner is on the payroll of Albert Dadon, a Zionist Lobbyist connected to the Australia Israel Leadership Forum and the Australia Israel Cultural Exchange. Does this mean that if Gillard starts being fair and reasonable about Israel's illegal and immoral atrocities towards Palestinians then partner will lose his job?"
Judeh says former ambassador to Israel Ross Burns has exposed Gillard's appalling bias during the Gaza war, when she condemned Hamas, but said nothing about the use of phosphorous bombs on innocent people. "Gillard talks about fairness and representing Australia, but she seems more interested in representing Israel," says Judeh. "It is supposedly Labor party policy to be even handed on the Middle East, but Gillard clearly has no interest in that. As Burns said, she went last year on a tour to Israel with the Australian Israel Leadership Forum, but made no mention of Israel's murderous war against Gazans, which came after years of blockading the region.
"It is also noticeable that appalling pro-Israel right-wing union leader Bill Shorten was instrumental in the leadership coup.""It is
a case of "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" when it comes to Israel, as far as Gillard is concerned. It is the same deliberate
moral blindness that proved so disastrous in the Second World War. How is that representing Australia's principles of fairness
and decency?"
