Malaysia and Indonesia tried to strong-arm Australia into calling this off. So it is good of Morrison to stand up to this intimidation and not give in to it, as all establishment counterterror analysts would have recommended.
“After months of conjecture Scott Morrison makes announcement on embassy in Israel,” News.com.au, December 15, 2018:
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has formally announced his intention to move Australia’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem, ending months of speculation on the controversial issue.
In a speech this afternoon, Mr Morrison formally recognised West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and announced the government would set up a Trade and Defence Office in the city.
While he has formalised Australia’s views on the Israeli capital, it remains a largely symbolic gesture, because the Australian embassy will not be moved until the final status of the city is decided under a peace agreement — something that is far from a reality.
“Fundamentally, it is the right of every country to determine its national capital,” Mr Morrison told The Sydney Institute this afternoon.
The Prime Minister has drawn criticism for redefining Australia’s position on Israel and Palestine, referring multiple times to the “guard rails” placed on the discussion.
“The government asked the question … the very act of daring to ask that question drew the usual criticism,” he said.
“For everyone just to keep doing what they were doing and looking the other way, don’t raise the issue, just keep doing what you’re doing.
“That’s not the way I deal with problems.”
Mr Morrison also acknowledged the Palestinians’ right to its own state.
“Further more, recognising our commitment to a two-state solution the government is also resolved to acknowledge — acknowledge the aspirations of Palestinians for a future state with its capital in East Jerusalem,” he said,…
Hugh Fitgerald says
A step in the right direction. Would that Morrison had not also said that once the “two-state solution” has been achieved, he will recognize East Jerusalem as the capital of “Palestine.”
carpediadem says
If the Labor Party gets into office at the next election early 2019 – as they will – they have said they will reverse this decision and to boot will give 20 million AUD to UNRWA – with “oversight”.
The words “humanitarian crisis”get thrown around a lot. They could not give a stuff about Israeli lives, only “Palestinian” “aspirations”.
They are lickspittles to Islam.
Scott says
+100
Jeff Gonez says
Lertists suck Islamic cock and will do anything to betray and murder their countrymen, “Greens” included. Personally, I would have them all exterminated
b.a. freeman says
Jeff, i understand your rage; the lying of the left and the attacks on people for daring to speak the truth are reminiscent of the approved behavior of those living in the soviet union or nazi germany, not a republic. nevertheless, if we restrain our anger when dealing with those who have been deluded by the left, the fact that the left immediately attacks regardless of who dares to speak, and that we do *not* attack, but merely speak our piece, might actually give some of them pause. we need every ally we can get, and attacking those whose only crime is ignorance – a simple lack of knowledge, as opposed to stupidity, a deliberate grasp on untruth as if it were true – does not advance our position.
i’m an old fart, and i spent most of my life in total ignorance of islam. it was not until a few years ago that i stumbled across blog posts that provided scriptural evidence of the vile nature of islam, and refrained from calling me a stupid a**hole for my lack of knowledge, that i learned about the criminal cult of islam. had the blog poster instead spent his time dispensing vitriol on my position, as if it were totally my fault, the attacks would have just pissed me off and driven me away from the truth. i am forever grateful to that blogger (no longer sure of who it was); now, i want to pay it forward and warn my fellow citizens, not drive them into the arms of the traitors on the left. please keep in mind that the hard left has controlled the education establishment in the u.s. from pre-K to post-doctorate for at least 25 years; most people have been indoctrinated rather than educated, and we need to provide evidence to them that both islam and the hard left are poisonous life-ruining ideologies. if we drive them away, not enough people will be on the side of freedom when the civil war starts.
gravenimage says
“Jeff Gonez” appears to be an agent provocateur.
11B40 says
Greetings:
Me, I’m thinking that his statement was kind of mealy-mouthed, especially for an Australian. The “West Jerusalem” and “when peace is achieved” diminished the content to nothingness.
Is there another country anywhere whose declared Capital is not recognized ??? Maybe we should declare Sydney Australia’s.
gravenimage says
Compared to the utter cowardice of most world leaders, this is actually pretty heartening–the hedging about the “Palestinians” notwithstanding.
carpediadem says
They hedge because of Indonesia. For all the fuss that this has raised, they should have just gone the whole hog and moved the embassy and recognised all of Jerusalem as capital./
Scott says
+100
Battle says
The usual Arab hatefuls’ bull excrement. Sickening and stupid.
Anjuli Pandavar says
PM Morrison might not be going as far on this one as many of us would like him to go, but this, in my view, is a smart move. The main intended recipients of this message is Australia’s upstart Muslims. It’s a wild card they did not anticipate. Their response to his next move against them will not be quite as cocky as the last.
Well done, Prime Minister! All our eyes are on you. If only the leaders of Western Europe were looking, too. BTW, good on ya for seeing off the recalcitrant and the unvaccinated!
Edmund Carey says
Canada might have a chance of joining this very responsible movement. The Opposition party here has adopted the Jerusalem embassy move as policy, and we are entering an election year. Our current government’s signing onto the UN’s Migration Pact has not impressed the electorate, and we may get a change in government. Mr. Morrison has provided an example, and has rendered the move that little bit more accustomed and respectable a measure. Congratulations and thanks to him.
gravenimage says
+1
Sovereign Man says
Don’t get carried away. Andrew Scheer is the most spineless non-leader to head the Conservative party since Joe Clark. Scheer’s only guiding principle is to pander to as many groups as possible, by taking the most popular position polled to each group he talks to. Futher, he actually said that M-103 (the straight-out-of-Sharia blasphemy motion) did not go far enough in his attempt to be the ultimate panderer. He is a clueless idiot, and a dangerous one to boot.
Older Canadian says
Sovereign: I rather have a clueless idiot, dangerous to boot than a UN kissing globalist who admires China’s government, praised Castro as a leader and has cranked up national debt to unsustainable levels, wants open borders, high carbon taxes, gifts to terrorists, and wants Canada to be the 1st Post National State, and the list goes on. At least Scheer has some serious talent in his party, and no Gerald Butt.
Terry Gain says
Sovereign Man
Why do you lie? Scheer opposed M-103.
https://mobile.twitter.com/andrewscheer/status/831185006848524288
gravenimage says
Australia’s Prime Minister announces move of embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
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Kudos to Australia and PM Scott Morrison!
Ren says
Excellent news! Can’t wait for other countries to follow the move.
Raja says
Mr. Morrison, Seems to be lot more clear headed than the left. The circus played out by Islam must come to end. So must be the propaganda and lies of Islam. This has been going on for too long for almost a century.
In this information age, we have all the resources to get to the bottom of the truth. On three occasions Israel agreed to the demands of the Arabs in the last century for a meaningful peace with Arab Muslims but the war and blood letting has not abated but on the contrary has added more fuel for more oft declared war on Israel because Islam so warrants.
Islam is the dead end to any world peace and the pandering and appeasements to terrorists only add up to muddled thinking and chaos, which the mullahs like because they tell the clowns around them that the “end times are near”
tim gallagher says
This is a move in the right direction. However, I doubt whether this policy ( which is morally right) will be continued with if the Labor Party ( the ALP- Australian Labor Party) win the next federal election which is probably going to be held in May 2019. The ALP are, unfortunately, predicted to be pretty much certainties to win the election and seem to be pulling away from the Liberals in each opinion poll that has been held in recent weeks. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure that the ALP will ditch this idea of moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
tim gallagher says
I have an additional comment to make. A few days back, I made a comment ( on a report about an Australian situation) and I said that I had ordered a copy of Robert Spencer’s “The History of Jihad” from a bookshop here in Australia and that I couldn’t be bothered even making a request that my local library get a copy of Spencer’s book. My computer hasn’t been working for a few days, but I have been thinking that maybe all the people who comment here at Jihad Watch should contact their local libraries and request that they get a copy of “The History of Jihad”. Maybe some libraries would actually get copies and some people who know very little about Islam might be browsing and pick Robert Spencer’s book off the shelves and be educated about Islam’s nature. It might get through to a few people. Reading the book might change the people’s lives, although I suppose most people would get their information from the internet these days rather than from reading a book from the library. I still suspect that many libraries wouldn’t get Robert Spencer’s book. It wouldn’t be politically correct enough for them to put it on their shelves.. But, who knows? Lots of people requesting that their local libraries purchase “The History of Jihad” might get results. It’s certainly true that more people need to be educated and woken up about Islam’s real nature.
b.a. freeman says
*excellent* idea, tim; i’m going to do it.
Carol the 1st says
Hard copy books like this would surely become “lost”. They need to be electronic.
gravenimage says
Libraries do still carry hard-copy books, Carol.
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the comments, b.a.freeman, Carol the 1st and gravenimage.. I was thinking that I will contact my local library and say something like, “I’ve heard that Robert Spencer’s “The History of Jihad” is an excellent book on this subject and I’d like to request that you obtain a copy of the book.”. It might get results. Carol the 1st, I actually had the same thought that you mention in your comment. I can imagine that, in the area where I live, some Muslim would see Robert Spencer’s book on the shelf and take it out and lose it as you mention.( ie destroy it or throw it away and claim it was lost). Maybe Robert’s book wouldn’t last long. So, I guess your idea of it needing to be an electronic book format could be right. I’m fairly old and I do often like to read old, traditional style books that I get out of the library. I got my copy of Robert’s book today and have just started to read it.
Frederick King says
The city has been the center of the jewish religion for over 2000 years. Long before islam was invented. Australia does some good and smart things. Not allowing boat people to land. And such. They still do some crazy things at home. Let their muslims run amuck.
Brian Ozzy says
For just a moment I felt proud and uplifted that we finally had a PM that had the guts to tell all the whining ever offended muslims to butt out of Australia’s business while he did the right thing and acknowledged Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. That is till he tried to divide Jerusalem into East and West and give half to the made up 60 year old lie that there was ever a country called Palestine or a race of Palestinian people. His lack of knowledge of the history of the middle East or the blood thirsty never ending travesty that is islam is embarrassing from a leader of a country though it seems for some extraordinary reason to be a common fault.
Jared Kushner, who has just had a ban put on him by Zuckerberg’s nazi institution for saying that their will never be peace until all the Jews have left Israel or all the muslims have, is totally correct. If all the “Palestinians” disarmed tomorrow there would be peace and if all the Jews disarmed tomorrow they would be annihilated by thundering hordes of frothing muslims. The fact that Morrison made peace between the “Palestinians” and the Jews a condition of moving our Embassy shows that this is a meaningless ploy probably to garner more of the Jewish votes in the coming elections and is never going to happen.
Kasey says
You have got it all wrong! He only moved two diplomatic sections there and even chickened out by saying “to West Jerusalem,” only, to try to placate the Indonesians and Malaysians who have warned us not to shift it.. We have effectively told them to get stuffed, but he seems to have relented a bit.
That won’t go over well with most Australians at the next federal election he seems well on course to lose.
Tom says
‘…..the Australian embassy will not be moved until the final status of the city is decided under a peace agreement…..’
So it will never be moved.