OPINION
It’s disgusting and nauseating, but not exactly surprising, to see the hateful extremists of the Greens proudly marching alongside Muslims chanting “Gas the Jews!” and salivating over the murder of thousands of Israelis. They’re the Greens, after all. Extremism, from Stalinism to Islamic fanaticism, is in their bitter blood.
But it’s quite another thing to see members of the government of Australia trying to have a shameful each-way bet: mouthing platitudes to Israel, while crossing their fingers behind their backs, to placate the home-grown barbarians who cheer on the bloodthirsty savages of Hamas.
Until you realise that Labor desperately needs their votes.
And the folk who set off fireworks and cheered in the streets at the beheading of Jewish babies know it.
[Federation of Islamic Councils] chief executive Kamalle Dabboussy said some Muslim leaders were discussing blocking Labor MPs from mosques and community centres over the government’s support for Israel. It comes as tensions rise within Labor’s caucus over contradictory messaging on the Middle East conflict from senior cabinet ministers.
Given how endemic anti-Semitism is in the Muslim world, we should be as little surprised at Labor’s Muslim MPs as we are at the Greens. But the grotesque fence-walking from senior ministers like Tony Burke, whose electorate is smack in Sydney’s Muslim heartland, is as nauseating as it is nakedly political.
The local Hamas-fanciers are flexing their political muscles.
“I am hearing of talk about non-engagement with the government and not welcoming them in our centres,” Dabboussy said. “There is anger in the community and there is talk of questioning the value of engagement.”
Islamic Council of Victoria’s Adel Salman said he had also heard of Islamic centres making Labor MPs unwelcome, saying it was an unsurprising reaction to “one-sided” statements from Labor figures.
Well, I guess not celebrating the mass-beheading of Jewish babies is what constitutes “one-sided” for Melbourne’s goat’n’gore afficionados.
And when the Australian government was too gutless to outright reject the UN Resolution which neither condemned Hamas nor called for the release of hundreds of Israeli hostages, Muslims in Australia are chucking a right tanty.
Dabboussy said the Muslim community had for many years developed a close relationship with Labor, but the community felt it had been “dropped like a hot potato” since the outbreak of war.
Translation: we made sure you knew you needed our votes, and we can’t even get you to dance in the streets when Jews are massacred? The deal’s off, infidel!
Industrial Relations Minister Tony Burke, whose western Sydney seat has a large proportion of Muslims, last week acknowledged the feelings of those who believed Palestinian deaths were not being grieved by Australia’s political establishment.
He actually said that, after the disgusting display in Melbourne of ranks of “Palestinian” flags in Federation Square. A display akin to flying the Reichs flag a week after Kristallnacht. But apparently nothing less than a jubilant chorus of “Allahu ackbar!” as naked corpses are paraded as trophies in the streets of Gaza is enough to please our local devotees of the Prophet.
The General Delegation of Palestine in Australia, which represents the Palestinian Authority, released a statement on Sunday saying it was “deeply disappointing” Australia did not support the UN declaration, which passed with 120 members voting yes and 14 voting no.
Even some in Labor are dimly realising that they’re backing the wrong camel.
Burke’s comments have raised eyebrows in some quarters of Labor’s caucus. Some MPs believe his rhetoric was at odds with the government’s support for the Middle East’s only liberal democracy in a fight against a listed terror group.
Senior members of the government have had conversations about Burke’s language, which came after Muslim cabinet ministers Ed Husic and Anne Aly made earlier remarks criticising Israel’s response to Hamas’ terrorist attack.
The Age
Well, they would, wouldn’t they?