Yeah, for most politicians it’s just them towing the party line of toadying to the U.S. and weapons manufacturers (or freelance toadying to them), but Minns does seem to have an actual ideological pro-Israel position.
Most famously he lit up the Sydney Opera House in Israeli colours, but here’s an article reporting on his speech at a Sydney event in May, for Israel’s 76th ‘Independence Day’ (i.e. celebration of the Nakba): web.archive.org/…/premiers-praise-for-israel-2/
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yeah, for most politicians it’s just them towing the party line of toadying to the U.S. and weapons manufacturers (or freelance toadying to them), but Minns does seem to have an actual ideological pro-Israel position.
Most famously he lit up the Sydney Opera House in Israeli colours, but here’s an article reporting on his speech at a Sydney event in May, for Israel’s 76th ‘Independence Day’ (i.e. celebration of the Nakba): web.archive.org/…/premiers-praise-for-israel-2/