ISRAELI LOBBY WIELDS EXTRAORDINARY INFLUENCE ON AUSTRALIAN POLICY
25/04/2024
In an interview on the Australian Broadcasting Channel (ABC) 7.30 Report from 2014, former Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, 10-years-ago, warned of the unethical influence of the Israeli lobby on Australian politics and in particular the Prime Minister’s office.
The claims were made in his all-telling memoir – “Diary of a Foreign Minister”released in 2014, when he hit out at what he calls the “pro-Israel lobby in Melbourne”, saying it wielded “extraordinary influence”on Australia’s policy during his time in Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s cabinet.
Mr Carr said “extreme right-wing”pro-Israel lobbyists had an “unhealthy”influence on Australia’s policy towards Israel and the Occupied Territories.
In the book he explained his frustration that: “we couldn’t issue, for example, a routine expression of concern about the spread of Israeli settlements on the West Bank – great blocks of housing for Israeli citizens going up on land that everyone regards as part of the future Palestinian state if there is to be a two-state solution,”he said.
“What I’ve done is to spell out how the extremely conservative instincts of the pro-Israel lobby in Melbourne was exercised through the then-prime minister’s office.”
Mr Carr and Ms Gillard came to political blows over her planned support for Israel during a crucial vote in the United Nations.
“I had to resist it, and my book tells the story of that resistance, coming to a climax when there was a dispute on the floor of caucus about my recommendation that we don’t block the Palestinian bid for increased non-state status at the United Nations,”Mr Carr said.
Israel is INTERFERING IN AUSTRALIAN SOVEREIGNTY!!
The government is FORCED to comply to Israeli interests or fear LOSING power and position – as Gillard did.
HOW COULD ISRAEL BE A FRIEND OF AUSTRALIA IF IT BLACKMAILS, LIES AND CHEATS ON US…AND WE HAVE TO BLINDLY DEFEND ITS MURDEROUS RAMPAGE!
THIS IS A TOXIC, VIOLENT, ABUSIVE, AND UNSUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP.
TIME WE CUT LOSE!!
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English Script:
ABC News presenter: Bob Carr was Australia’s foreign minister for just a year and a half, that the labor heavyweight found enough material to write a 500 page book on his time in the job. In the Diary of a Foreign Minister, Bob Carr details what he sees as some of the biggest problems in Australian politics. He singled out the Israeli lobby, saying its influence on Australian politics has reached an unhealthy level. Let’s go to the book. The strongest criticism of all in the book is aimed at the Melbourne Jewish lobby. What’s wrong with the way that group operates?
Bob Carr: Well, the important point about a diary of a Foreign Minister is that you shine light on areas of government that are otherwise in darkness, and the influence of lobby groups is one of those areas. And what I’ve done is to spell out how the extremely conservative instincts of the pro-Israel lobby in Melbourne was exercised through the then Prime Minister’s Office.
