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+ | |text=Through the influence of her 'Middle East Advisor', [[Bruce Wolpe]], Gillard had already begun unravelling a number of Australian votes on [[UN General Assembly]] resolutions on [[Palestine]] in order to appease [[AIJAC|the far-right Jewish lobby]] in [[Melbourne]]. When I was [[Australia/Prime Minister|prime minister]] and [[Australia/Minister/Foreign|foreign minister]], [[Australia]]'s voting profile on [[Israel]] had changed from one of unquestioning compliance with US and Israeli interests, to one which was much more aligned with [[British]] voting patterns in the [[UN]]. Our votes were still more sympathetic to Israel than those of the rest of [[Europe]]. But this was not good enough for Gillard. The far-right Jewish lobby in Melbourne wanted to go back to the good old days of the [[John Howard|Howard government]]. And Gillard wanted to deliver. This would be coordinated through her loyal operative Wolpe to ensure that Australia would once again join the likes of the US, [[Palau]] and maybe two or three other Pacific micro-states, in voting against UN General Assembly resolutions that were critical of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. It was no surprise that Gillard would later be awarded, together with [[Tony Abbott|Abbott]], an honorary doctorate at [[Tel Aviv University|an Israeli university]] for her services to the cause. The only problem was that these were not services to Australia's cause. They were services to the Israeli Government's cause under prime minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and his total opposition to the establishment of a [[Palestinian state]]. | ||
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Born | Julia Eileen Gillard 1961-09-29 Barry, Wales, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Adelaide, University of Melbourne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Member of | AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2005, AIJAC/Rambam Programs/2009, Australian American Leadership Dialogue, US/Department/State/International Visitor Leadership Program, Wellcome Trust | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Party | Labor Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Julia Gillard was the Prime Minister of Australia from 2011 to 2013.
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USA
“For my own generation, the defining image of America was the landing on the moon. My classmates and I were sent home from school to watch the great moment on television. I always remember thinking that day, Americans can do anything...Americans inspired the world of my own youth.”
Julia Gillard (10 March, 2011) [1]
Services to the Israeli Government's cause
Her predecessor, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, described her as:
“Through the influence of her 'Middle East Advisor', Bruce Wolpe, Gillard had already begun unravelling a number of Australian votes on UN General Assembly resolutions on Palestine in order to appease the far-right Jewish lobby in Melbourne. When I was prime minister and foreign minister, Australia's voting profile on Israel had changed from one of unquestioning compliance with US and Israeli interests, to one which was much more aligned with British voting patterns in the UN. Our votes were still more sympathetic to Israel than those of the rest of Europe. But this was not good enough for Gillard. The far-right Jewish lobby in Melbourne wanted to go back to the good old days of the Howard government. And Gillard wanted to deliver. This would be coordinated through her loyal operative Wolpe to ensure that Australia would once again join the likes of the US, Palau and maybe two or three other Pacific micro-states, in voting against UN General Assembly resolutions that were critical of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. It was no surprise that Gillard would later be awarded, together with Abbott, an honorary doctorate at an Israeli university for her services to the cause. The only problem was that these were not services to Australia's cause. They were services to the Israeli Government's cause under prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his total opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.”
Kevin Rudd (2018) [2]
Appointments by Julia Gillard
Appointee | Job | Appointed | End |
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Anthony Albanese | Australia/Leader of the House | 3 December 2007 | 18 September 2013 |
Anthony Albanese | Australia/Minister/Infrastructure and Transport | 3 December 2007 | 18 September 2013 |
Anthony Albanese | Australia/Minister/Regional Development and Local Government | 3 December 2007 | 14 September 2010 |
Bob Carr | Australia/Minister/Foreign Affairs | 13 March 2012 | 18 September 2013 |
Kevin Rudd | Australia/Minister/Foreign Affairs | 14 September 2010 | 22 February 2012 |
Penny Wong | Australia/Minister/Climate Change | 3 December 2007 | 14 September 2010 |
Related Quotations
Page | Quote | Author | Date |
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Kevin Rudd | “Rudd attended a dinner on the 3rd of June with Jewish community leaders to repair the strained relationship. According to Rudd, Mark Leibler, leader of AIJAC berated him for committing the "hostile act" of expelling the Israeli diplomat. Rudd told Leibler that it was the second time Israel had used false passports, wherupon Leibler responded "I don't believe you". When Rudd offered a meeting with ASIO chief Richardson, "Leibler still stared at me in disbelief. And then disbelief turned to anger. Apropos of nothing, he said, 'Julia is looking very good in the public eye these days, Prime Minister. She's performing very strongly. She's a great friend of Israel. But you shouldn't be anxious about her, should you, Prime Minister?' It was Leibler at his menacing worst."” | Kevin Rudd | 2018 |
Kevin Rudd | “In his memoirs, Prime Minster Rudd told how in the National Security Committee of the Cabinet after the second Israeli passport incident, Dennis Richardson, chief of ASIO, stated that "unless Australia wished to be seen as a 'soft touch' by the Israelis, we had to act firmly and decisively. Everyone nodded in agreement except Julia Gillard. "I asked her explicitly whether she supported the recommendations. She grunted her assent. I knew for a fact that Julia had been cultivated by the Israeli Lobby in Australia".” | Kevin Rudd | 2018 |
Related Document
Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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Document:Julian Assange Must be Freed, Not Betrayed | Article | 18 February 2020 | John Pilger | Sarah Ferguson's interview made no mention of a leaked document, revealed by WikiLeaks, called 'Libya Tick Tock', prepared for Hillary Clinton, which described her as the central figure driving the destruction of the Libyan state in 2011. This resulted in 40,000 deaths, the arrival of ISIS in North Africa and the European refugee and migrant crisis. |
References
- ↑ https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/juliagillardjointsessioncongress.htm
- ↑ The PM Years, page 508-09