Bob Carr should look in his own back yard
Before Bob Carr starts to badmouth Israel and to speak of the rights of the Palestinians, perhaps he should consider restoring to the Australian aborigines the land taken from them by the white man.
Despite ongoing acts of terrorism against Israel, many Israelis are in favor of the two state solution even though the Palestinians did not actually have a recognized state of their own before the establishment of the State of Israel. The British Mandate was in force for three decades and before that the Ottoman Empire ruled the country for 400 years.
What were the Palestinians doing in all that time? Why did they not attempt to establish a sovereign state of their own?
How would Australians and particularly Bob Carr react if aborigines launched a campaign for a two state solution to the island continent so that they could regain their honor, their dignity and their pride?
Perhaps Bob Carr would do better to look in his own back yard before he looks across the sea.
Greer Fay Cashman
Jerusalem, Israel
A very pleasant analogy – but one that isn’t entirely
Realistic
The aboriginals, should they chose to launch a two-state campaign in
Australia would make PERFECT neighbors to the white man.
As a race they are non-aggressive unless terrorized and they would find
Peace and tranquility with their newly found dignity, asking for only peace in return.
The Bob Carr’s of this world (include Lyons with his new book Balcony
Over Israel) are, on the other hand, as aggressive, terror-loving and in essence
Insecure as the race of people who call themselves Palestinians but in actual
Fact come from everywhere but!
Fay writes of Indigenous Australians
The Jews are the most truly indigenous of the Middle East
G-d gave the Land of Israel eternally to the Jews
Jokers like Carr need to look at the plight of Falung Gong and Tibetans under Carr’s Chinese Communist party rule , rather than continuing this malevolence here