Will Moving the Australian Embassy to Jerusalam Inflame a Holy War?

The core issue is political given the by-election in Wentworth and the fact the Liberal Party voted for a move of the embassy to Jerusalem.  The human rights violations in Palestine are an international issue given the original British decision under the Balfour Declaration and Rothschild influence in British politics to create a Zionist state without the consent of the Palestinian people.  When you force a situation on a people rather than create a refugee program for Jewish people fleeing genocide in Germany to come to Palestine, you end up with a protracted conflict that is ongoing growing into a Middle East conflict which destabilises World Peace as it is a flashpoint catalysed by the power games of the oil industry/government nexus.  It is noteworthy that the US and Israel left the United Nations Human Rights Council.  In my view this move will not further the peace process but justify holy wars (both sides).

This raises the issue of Israeli influence in Australian politics. My previous blogs highlight the foothold of the industrial-military complex, the increase in trade in respect of cyber defence industries with Israel and the concern for surveillance/oppressive techniques utilised on Australian society in the name of terrorism.  The issue of full spectrum dominance needs to be assessed given US strategy and desperation of diminishing global hegemony.

I am going to sit with this for a moment to try and access my own inner truth without media influence.

I feel a desert storm, I see sheiks in the desert discovering oil as liquid gold.  The British camel trains of soldiers in Egypt know it is not a mirage.  I can see the pyramid and the all seeing eye illumines (but not illuminated, knowing is not being).  This is on the US dollar as a reminder that power emanates from the a pyramid scheme called trading commissions. Everyone gets a cut. Colonisation is in pursuit of trade, labour, expanding property as a rights as property equates to power.  The bourgeoisie, landed gentry and those of status own property, thus those who own the gold rule the world.  I see Rothschild. The power elite comes to mind playing on a chessboard, manipulating, manoeuvring, directing the play as insecurity parades as power over.  This is a theatre where the public are spectators watching movies that are produced for their consumption but these films are not documentaries, they are story lines not song lines.  I see the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy pulls back the curtain and the little man who has made a big frightening noise is exposed. For those who pursue violence are the most fearful of men who appear fearsome as those threatened will attack.  A man without fear is at peace.  Where I am right now I just heard a person mention the Wizard of Oz.  I smile at synchronicity.  My mindset is oneness not separated state, so I am curious.

I found this reference which feels out there but worthy of a conversation, is it true? http://humansarefree.com/2014/09/the-top-of-pyramid-rothschilds-british.html  NB: The City of London and Washington D.C. are private sovereign states. I didn’t know that.  I add to this that the US Federal Reserve is private and the Australian Reserve Bank is private.  I realise that corporatisation is occurring exponentially moved by the myth that the private sector is more efficient.  The truth is that public assets move into private hands quietly by stealth, I see bombers.

I feel an innocence in the simple desert people, humbled by the gail (grail) force winds that bite like whips, the scarcity of food and water, the deep poverty and survival in the harshest conditions on earth.  The Arabian people sat around as family and community were their security and joy in life. They smoked, they came together as tribes, there is a deep silence within as life and politics is confined to food, family and community.  These are an artistic people with a collective memory of civilisation, pyramids and astronomy I feel(https://metmuseum.org/toah/hd/astr/hd_astr.htm)

Like all indigenous people across the planet they have a deep spirituality and they place great value on holy sites. For this is how they maintain hope in harsh conditions to remember their infinite aspects and promise of a after life.  They wash to clean symbolising purification, they pray to communicate to a higher power using rituals in their faith. However the epicentre of any reaching for a holy shrine originates in mysticism where the divine is felt directly. The whirling dervishes come to mind, spinning in vortexes calibrating with the planetary spin. There are those who connect mysticism to religion but a mystical experience arises when the seeker asks through the heart, this is the origin of religion seeking to make sense of what is unfathomable.  The religion represents the masculine as it is an outer expression,  the mystical (receptive) represents the feminine (heaven, earth), when focus is attained through  the physical opening a portal to the unseen.  An imbalance in the masculine and feminine toward the masculine (superior) changes the focus to the intellect (mind identification) and emotional disconnection negates real connection to spiritual inspiration as supra reality. In this case religion is vulnerable to being used as a tool of power manipulating unquestioned beliefs to influence ideas and behaviour rather than empowering the people to access inner truth to illuminate wisdom when dealing with problems.  Control over empowerment is the divider not the water diviner locating the source of the elixer of life. This is the case for all organised religions across the planet.  They either feel for inner illumination or believe in outer identification (requiring intermediaries).  That is where the statement ‘if you do not go within you go with out‘ as inspired truth.  All truth arises from within. It always leads home to the heart of unity, all ways.

I note the rise of Christians in the Australian Parliament and the importance of keeping religious power out of politics. The Christian and Israeli Lobby appear powerful in Australia and the US given their wealth and history of insecurity in a region considered strategic.  The Westminster system is designed as a secular system so that religion and politics are kept separate given persecution can occur or beliefs imposed based on religious conviction. The Magna carta comes to mind. Hence freedom from tyranny.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

This reference link from the Jewish News is noteworthy given the Palestinian issue, Australian Government position and a petition from Christians for Israel requesting the Australian embassy move to Jerusalem. This provides evidence of religion seeking to influence Australian politics and if there are more Christian MP’s holding seats this could have serious implications for Australian security in the most populous Muslim region in the world. This is coupled with Ministerial desire for growth in the industrial military complex as trade (not defence). This is not a combination that promotes peace in my view or is in the public interest given possible radicalisation in reaction to fear of attack.  https://www.jewishnews.net.au/australia-wont-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/72095

Thus the decision below of a now Christian Prime Minister Morrison demonstrates power centred in Australian politics.  It is noteworthy that Malcolm Turnbull the former Prime Minister was removed by a vote of the Liberal Party and his seat in Wentworth has a high proportion of Jewish people, his political base.  It is interesting to note that he made a decision NOT to move the Australian Embassy to Jerusalem and this was backed by Julie Bishop the former Foreign Minister. The fact both of them are gone from politics is of great concern given the circumstances under which a sitting Prime Minister was removed and the important issue of foreign interests influencing Australian politics by virtue of their own conflicts and interests that have nothing to do with Australia in truth.

This issue needs to be investigated by a Senate Inquiry in the public interest.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-16/australia-could-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/10379602

Palestinians warn Australia risks becoming ‘international pariah’ if it moves Israel embassy to Jerusalem

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Video: The Prime Minister says no decision has been made on the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. (ABC News)

The Palestinian delegation to Australia has warned the nation risks becoming an “international pariah” on foreign policy in the Middle East, if it moves its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

Key points:

  • Scott Morrison said he was open to the idea of moving the embassy after talking to the Liberal Party’s Wentworth candidate
  • Nearly 13 per cent of voters in Wentworth are Jewish
  • The Government needs to win the seat to retain its one-seat majority in the Lower House

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has indicated he is open to moving Australia’s diplomatic presence from Tel Aviv, saying he finds the arguments in favour of such a plan “persuasive”.

The move would follow the decision by United States President Donald Trump, who reversed decades of foreign policy by opening a US embassy in Jerusalem earlier this year.

The US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital infuriated Palestinians and other Middle Eastern nations because the Palestinians want to one day establish their own capital in the city.

In a statement, the representative of the Palestinian delegation in Australia, Izzat Abdulhadi, described it as “short-term political gain” that would be “outweighed by the detriment both to Australia’s international standing”.

“Breaking with decades-long bipartisan support and defying international law and multiple UN resolutions would make Australia an international pariah on this important foreign-policy issue,” Mr Abdulhadi said.

“It would also erode Australia’s claims that it is genuinely committed to the rules-based international order, making any future rebukes of countries that breach or show contempt for it wholly hypocritical.”

Mr Morrison’s announcement followed talks with the Liberal Party’s candidate for this weekend’s Wentworth by-election, former ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma.

“When people say sensible things, I think it’s important to listen to them — and particularly when they have the experience of someone like Dave Sharma,” Mr Morrison said this morning.

“We are committed to a two-state solution, but frankly it hasn’t been going that well, not a lot of progress has been made.

“You don’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results.”

The Prime Minister said the timing of his announcement coincided with an imminent United Nations vote on the Palestinian Authority being recognised as the chair of the G77 group of developing nations, and Australia’s decision to vote “no”.

Mr Morrison denied he was discussing the matter because the Wentworth by-election was looming, and said he had not had any request to consider moving the embassy from the United States.

Nearly 13 per cent of voters in Wentworth are Jewish, and the Government needs to win the seat to retain its one-seat majority in the Lower House.

Middle Eastern embassies in Canberra have reacted with shock to Scott Morrison’s announcement, with one representative of an embassy telling the ABC it would be a “disaster” for Australia’s relationship with the region.

Ambassadors from Middle Eastern countries are planning to meet later today to discuss the announcement and work out a response.

Morrison’s consideration in contrast to Turnbull’s position

In June, then-treasurer Mr Morrison said there was no sense that the Liberal Party would support moving the Australian embassy.

Mr Morrison’s consideration of a relocation is in contrast to the position of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, who said Mr Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would not change Australia’s dealings in the area.

Former foreign minister Julie Bishop was also opposed to the idea, despite strong support for a move from within the party’s base.

Speaking to the ABC on Tuesday, Mr Sharma did not want to take credit for changing the Prime Minister’s mind.

“I think he mentioned that he’s discussed this with a number of people, myself included,” he told RN Breakfast.

“I think the important point to note here is that this is very much within the context for support for a twostate solution.

“I strongly support the emergence of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state, living alongside Israel in peace.”

Mr Sharma added that all of Israel’s state institutions, including the Knesset, were already in Jerusalem and any suggestion that the city would not be part of the nation in any peace deal was wrong.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to thank Mr Morrison for considering the move, tweeting that he had spoken with his Australian counterpart.

Mr Morrison is not changing the Government’s position on supporting a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

He has announced the strengthening of security ties with Israel by placing defence attaches in each others’ embassies, and has ordered an inquiry into whether Australia should abandon support for the Iran nuclear deal, from which the US has withdrawn.

‘The most erratic, reactionary and bullish US foreign policy’

However, Bishop George Browning, President of the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network, said in a statement the idea of moving Australia’s embassy to Jerusalem would have no effect on the two-state solution was “ludicrous”.

“Australia is aligning itself with the most erratic, reactionary and bullish US foreign policy ever. It is an irresponsible announcement that will put Palestinian human rights further back, for a handful of votes in Wentworth,” Bishop Browning said.

“The two-state solution and the so-called peace process is not working. The reason for this is that Israel, supported by US policy, constantly undermines Palestinian hopes for autonomy by expanding settlements and entrenching the occupation.

“To move the embassy is to reward this behaviour and signal an end to any genuine bipartisan commitment.”

In contrast, NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ chief executive, Vic Alhadeff, welcomed a potential move to Jerusalem.

“[Jerusalem] is where the seat of government is, it’s where the Israeli parliament is, it’s where the Supreme Court is; so the statement by the Prime Minister that he’s going to consider moving the embassy reaffirms and recognises that Jerusalem always has been the capital of Israel, and it reaffirms the 3,000-year connection to Jerusalem and to Israel,” Mr Alhadeff said.

He said it may also strengthen economic ties between Australia and Israel, and would not preclude East Jerusalem from becoming a future capital of Palestine.

A desperate bid to win votes, Wong says

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Video: Penny Wong slams the Prime Minister’s Israel embassy stance. (ABC News)

Labor has previously said the US embassy move to Jerusalem was not helpful to the peace process in the region, and shadow foreign minister Penny Wong described the Prime Minister’s comments as a desperate bid to win the Wentworth by-election.

“[Jerusalem’s] status has to be resolved as part of any peace process discussion, as part of any discussion about a two-state solution,” she said.

“And the fact that this has been a bipartisan position I think shows the lack of wisdom in Mr Morrison floating this.”

At the 2016 Census, Jewish people made up about 12.5 per cent of the population of Wentworth, a seat made vacant by Mr Turnbull’s resignation.

Palestinians want the capital of an independent Palestinian state to be in Jerusalem’s eastern sector, which Israel captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and annexed in a move never recognised internationally.

Mohandas Gandhi

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”

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