By Michael Kuttner…
Duplicitous deception is usually carried out in secret, under cover and with the intention of evading detection.
In direct contrast, the current campaign of duplicity and vilification against Israel is being stage managed in a cynically transparent manner. Its aims and intentions are crystal clear except to those who are genetically programmed to believe every political pronouncement is true.
The most practiced practitioners of peddling deceptive disinformation are of course politicians who have refined their ability to deceive and confuse to the highest possible level.
The leaders of the UK, France and Canada together with other countries have at least made their intentions perfectly clear. They declared their intention to recognize a fictitious “Palestine” regardless of any impediment that may loom. Their declarations about Hamas and a democratic state are merely recitations of rhetoric which they do not really believe.
They are totally transparent in their hypocrisy.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia are perfect examples of how duplicity and deception can be employed to try and hide real intentions.
There has never been any secret about Albanese and Wong’s aim of rewarding Islamic terror. It has been part and parcel of their agenda from day one. It is only the timing which was in doubt.
I predicted right after the results of the Australian elections were announced that given the massive majority gained by the Labour Party it would now be full speed ahead with implementing a long awaited anti Israel policy.
So it has transpired with a zealousness that can only be described as messianic and mind boggling.
The hymns of praise arising from the expected quarters have resulted in demonstrations of hate and incitement never before witnessed in Australia’s history.
Even worse has been the blatant bluster and bluff emanating from the PM and Foreign Minister.
On the one hand they made it plain that recognizing “Palestine” was a matter of when not if.
On the other hand they dodged, weaved and evaded every time they were challenged to detail exactly what criteria needed to be fulfilled in order for this seal of approval to be granted.
As painful as extracting teeth it gradually became evident that recognizing Palestine would require a series of demands to be met.
These included the unconditional release of all hostages, the defeat of Hamas, removing Hamas from any governance and democratic reforms of a Palestinian Authority which has not held any sort of free and fair elections in 20 years.
In addition, vague noises about stopping pay for slay grants to terrorists and their families were made. Finally, a declaration that this new fake state would embrace tolerance, eliminate hate education and accept Israel as the nation state of the Jewish People would be expected.
Anyone with a brain in their head could see that these expectations were merely camouflage and designed to confuse and befuddle those naïve enough to believe such tripe.
At its basic level it was clear that these supposed conditions for statehood were never going to be achieved. The only reason that the Australian Government kept repeating this mantra of lies was to placate critics and sow confusion.
It has now exploded into full view and exposed the fraud it was always going to be.
Following a love embrace between Abbas and Albanese the full extent of this confidence trick is now clearly visible.
Like Neville Chamberlain before him, Albanese has fallen for the promises and guarantees of a serial fraudster. Worthless declarations of pledges which have no chance of ever being implemented have been accepted at face value. It has taken only one conversation with Abbas for Albanese to become convinced that previous conditional requirements no longer apply and can conveniently be swept under the carpet.
In a shameless somersault the Australian Government has now determined that recognition of “Palestine” can proceed even if Hamas remains intact and none of the other demands are implemented.
This exposes the whole exercise as one of the biggest confidence tricks of the century. It reveals the true face of those who tried to conceal their real intentions from public scrutiny.
It also casts into serious doubt the sincerity and desire of the Australian Government to confront Jew hate in all its manifest evil.
Communal spokespersons from various groups have not helped.
While deploring the collapse of any moral backbone and bewailing the mistimed move, their fervent embrace of an eventual “Palestine” is completely at odds with reality. It gives legitimacy to the idea of statehood which has been continually rejected by all Arab leaders ever since 1947.
Foreign Minister Wong outrageously claimed that Australia was the first country in 1947 to vote at the UN in favour of a Palestinian nation. This is a blatant distortion of historical facts. The plan voted on concerned the partition of British Mandated Palestine into a Jewish and ARAB state. The fake Palestinians that were invented after 1967 did not exist at the time.
Wong conveniently and no doubt deliberately omitted to mention that all Arab representatives vehemently rejected the idea of an Arab state. They preferred the complete annihilation of Jewish sovereignty and proceeded to implement their plan as soon as Israel’s declaration of independence was proclaimed.
From that time onwards until the Arafat era successive attempts at eliminating Israel and its citizens occurred. It was only after the Soviets convinced the PLO and other such groups that terrorism and diplomatic warfare were better options that the myth of Palestinian indigenous claims surfaced. Following the 1967 debacle, revisionist historical distortions became “holy writ” and the brainwashing of the international community commenced.
If Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese were honest they would have acknowledged these facts. Unfortunately, like all those who have succumbed to mass amnesia and moral degeneracy, truth is buried. Instead, an Orwellian commitment to “big brother” speak is the order of the day.
Given these realties it is pitiful that communal representatives merely articulate mealy mouthed criticism while at the same time stating their ultimate approval for the eventual creation of a terror entity in the heart of the Jewish homeland. Ignoring the legal status of the San Remo Agreement and its guarantees of Jewish settlement, while at the same time falling for the myth of “illegally occupied Palestinian territories” gives a pass to revisionist history.
If anyone believes that supporting the establishment of “Palestine” will make Jew haters disappear they are in for a huge disappointment. If anything, this mass appeasement of terror will galvanize and energize the mobs to further bouts of frenzy. The call “from the river to the sea” has become the national anthem of the Greens, the university students and graduates, academic elites, extreme left and legions of others. The very notion of resurrected Jewish sovereignty is anathema which is why they will never rest until Israel and Jews are cleansed from the land.
These facts are so transparent.
Those ideologically warped, genetically programmed and politically poisoned will take the democracies surrender to jihadist terror as a green light to carry on until another final solution is implemented.
The current feeble responses to Judeophobia in Australia are an omen for future failures.
Mass marches across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, acts of vandalism and arson combined with electoral demographics all point to a fraught future.
Where Australia leads New Zealand is sure to follow.
Albanese has visited NZ and cuddled up to its Prime Minister who dutifully affirms that recognizing “Palestine” is only a matter of when not if. The fact that a hard left political leader can convince a so called conservative opposite number to fall into line and reward terror is not unexpected.
Political practicalities and transparent duplicity know no borders.
With apologies to the author of “Mary had a little lamb” I offer my own poetic observations on this sordid situation.
Albanese has a little lamb
His face and head do glow
Everywhere that Albanese does stray
Luxon is sure to go
He follows him like a trusting sheep
Regurgitating dubious claims for all to hear
The lies and fables would make you weep
When the terror groups issue a resounding cheer
What makes the mobs love Albanese so
Frustrated democrats do cry
Why, Albanese, Wong and CO
Really love to appease, is the reply
Michael Kuttner is a Jewish New Zealander who for many years was actively involved with various communal organisations connected to Judaism and Israel. He now lives in Israel.
[This article was originally published on J-Wire and is reproduced here with permission from Michael Kuttner.]
