Downer: Champion of the Jews

[Kiwi]

Downer: Champion of the Jews

MICHELLE COLEMAN

IN his last official engagement, outgoing minister for foreign affairs Alexander Downer reaffirmed his support and admiration for the Australian Jewish community and Israel.

Downer was guest speaker, together with Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem, at “Celebrating Israel”, a function co-hosted by the State Zionist Council of NSW and the National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) NSW division.

Downer paid tribute to Australia’s positive role in the 1947 vote for the United Nations’ General Assembly Resolution 181, which paved the way for the establishment of the State of Israel.

“After all the Jewish people had been through, the least the world could do was to find the Jewish people a homeland,” Downer said.

Earlier in the evening, he echoed the words of Dalia Ayalon Sinclair, president of NCJWA NSW division, who remarked that the Middle East would not be the trouble spot it is today if the Arab world had accepted the Partition Plan.

Downer said that Israel was brought into existence by the rule of law rather than military force and that it was a tragedy Israel did not receive the support it deserved.

“It’s become fashionable to criticise Israel. It’s become fashionable to oppose Israel. It’s become fashionable not to sympathise with Israeli casualties. I have wrestled with that throughout my time as foreign minister,” he said.

Downer urged the incoming Australian Government to continue to support Israel. “I only hope that in the next three years ... Australia will continue to provide and not just pay lip service to robust support of Israel.”

http://www.ajn.com.au/news/news.asp?pgID=4583

[newman]

“After all the Jewish people had been through, the least the world could do was to find the Jewish people a homeland,” Downer said.

Notice what he said. ".....find the Jewish people a home"? He DIDN'T mention that they have a moral AND historic right to the Land of Israel.

[Muck DeFuslims]

"Downer said that Israel was brought into existence by the rule of law rather than military force ....."


I don't doubt that Downer is a friend of Israel, but this account of Israel's rebirth is pure rubbish.

Yes, the League of Nations voted for the creation of the State of Israel but it was in fact MILITARY FORCE and the blood, sweat and tears of the Jewish People that made Israel a reality.

When the entire Arab world attacked the nascent Jewish state with the intent of murdering every Jew, not a single nation lifted a finger to help Israel. The 'legality' of the Jewish State didn't mean a thing. It was military action, and military action only, upon which the survival of Israel hinged. Legalities be damned.

Sixty years later, let this lesson not be lost. What was true in 1948 is still true in 2008. There is no 'legal' or 'diplomatic solution' that will prevent the Arab enemy from trying to destroy Israel and murder every Jew. The only solution then, the only solution now, and the only solution in the future, will be a military one.

The pundits who love to exclaim 'there is no military solution' have it 100% wrong. There is only a military solution !

[AussieJTFer]

Having met the man a few years ago at a Jewish event, he truely is a friend of the Jewish people.

[Ambiorix]

"Downer said that Israel was brought into existence by the rule of law rather than military force ....."


BRILLIANT POST 


I don't doubt that Downer is a friend of Israel, but this account of Israel's rebirth is pure rubbish.

Yes, the League of Nations voted for the creation of the State of Israel but it was in fact MILITARY FORCE and the blood, sweat and tears of the Jewish People that made Israel a reality.

When the entire Arab world attacked the nascent Jewish state with the intent of murdering every Jew, not a single nation lifted a finger to help Israel. The 'legality' of the Jewish State didn't mean a thing. It was military action, and military action only, upon which the survival of Israel hinged. Legalities be damned.

Sixty years later, let this lesson not be lost. What was true in 1948 is still true in 2008. There is no 'legal' or 'diplomatic solution' that will prevent the Arab enemy from trying to destroy Israel and murder every Jew. The only solution then, the only solution now, and the only solution in the future, will be a military one.

The pundits who love to exclaim 'there is no military solution' have it 100% wrong. There is only a military solution !