Sad Day for Zionists~Self Hating Jews Win

Zionists loose..........The "Self Hating Jews" Win one:

Australian Jewish leaders are roiled over the awarding of the country’s only international peace prize to a staunch critic of Israel.

John Pilger, an award-winning Australian-born journalist and filmmaker living in London, will receive the Sydney Peace Prize in November.

Robert Goot, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, said it was a “sad day.”

New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies president Robin Margo said the decision was “a disgrace.”

The director of the Sydney Peace Foundation, Stuart Rees, said of Pilger, “His commitment to uncovering human rights abuses shines through his numerous books, films and articles. His work inspires all those who value peace with justice.”

Pilger said he hoped the award would inspire young journalists “to break the silences that perpetuate injustice both far away and close to home.”

Previous winners of the prize include South Africa Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson and Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi, whose award in 2003 sparked a storm of protest from the Jewish community.

In 2007 Pilger wrote that Israel and America had agreed to a “final solution” to the problem of the Palestinians. Earlier this year Pilger said that “Today’s holocaust-in-the-making … is in its final stages. The difference today is that it is a joint U.S.-Israeli project.”link

Wow, What an Achievement....NOT

Australian Prime Minister travels to Israel for a Zionist "Love Fest" and brags that Australian delegate was the "first" to vote of the State of Israel.

Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has arrived in Israel for talks with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders.

Ms Gillard is leading a delegation of politicians, musicians and filmmakers as part of a program to forge stronger ties between Australia and the Jewish state.

Despite criticism of her visit, Ms Gillard has made no apologies for Australia's support of Israel.

"When a vote was called in 1947 to establish separate Jewish and Arab states, the Australian delegate was the first to vote in favour of Israel's right to full independent nationhood and its right to live securely within defined borders," she said.

"Our support has continued strongly ever since."
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NO NUKES~Clinton in Talks with Australia~Israel a Holdout!

Australia, US to lay path for nuclear disarmament

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States holds high-level security talks with Australia as the longtime allies find a new convergence of views on the need to abolish nuclear weapons.

The session marks the first substantive talks between the Pacific nations since US President Barack Obama held a warm first summit with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at the White House two weeks ago.

The talks "will cover, in depth, a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters Wednesday after meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith.

Smith and Clinton will be joined in Thursday's talks by Australian Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon and US Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

The talks come days after Obama delivered a major speech in Prague where he laid out a vision for a world without nuclear weapons.

The speech was likely music to the ears of Rudd -- described by some analysts as a "political soulmate" to Obama -- who last year charted out his own path for nuclear disarmament.

Smith and Fitzgibbon, in a statement before heading to the US capital, described Obama's speech as "landmark."

They said the Washington talks "will include Australia and the United States' shared goal of a world free of nuclear weapons."

Rudd set up a commission of experts co-chaired by Australia and Japan who will seek to lay the groundwork for next year's review conference of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

The last review conference of the treaty in 2005 ended in disarray, with then US president George W. Bush's administration unenthusiastic about entering international commitments on disarmament.

Obama has sharply changed course, saying he will ask the Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which bars any nuclear explosions for any purpose around the world.

But a number of countries remain holdouts to the test ban treaty, among them China, India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan.