Opinion Articles

Former Prime Minister John Howard

Howard supports Israeli embassy move

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/foreign-affairs/john-howard-backs-moving-israel-embassy-to-jerusalem/news-story/a6988e6ab1d2abf67bde37ee90fbf090 I can't accept that Australian foreign policy, particularly on something as basic as where we put an embassy, should be determined by other countries

2018-11-19 by Friends of Israel Initiative

The Telegraph, October 2 2018

In the name of peace, it is time to accept Israel´s possession of the Golan Heights

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/10/02/name-peace-time-accept-israels-possession-golan-heights/ This is really the crux of the issue: Western action now could make a concrete contribution to preventing conflict in the future.

2018-10-02 by Col. Richard Kemp and Rafael L. Bardají

Stephen J. Harper appointed Chairman of the Friends of Israel Initiative

FoII is pleased to welcome the Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Canada's 22nd Prime Minister, as its new Chairman. Mr. Harper's expertise, vision and energy will strengthen FoII in a moment where our voice is needed more than ever.

2018-09-13 by Friends of Israel Initiative

The Telegraph

Corbyn's Anti-semitism is a threat to all of us

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/09/03/corbyns-antisemitism-threat-us/ Mr Corbyn's comfort in the company of anti-Semites and other extremists whom he calls "friends" speaks for itself. While he claims to embrace such individuals in the name of "peace", it is a peace that only ever involves the enemies of the West generally and of the Jewish people specifically.

2018-09-03 by Stephen Harper and David Trimble

Actualidad Económica, May 21

Iran: Trump Has Done the Right Thing

The problem is Iran, not the White House.

2018-05-21 by Rafael Bardaji

FOII's intervention at the UN Human Rights Council

Colonel Kemp's Testimony at the Emergency Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the Deteriorating Situation in Gaza

Your failure to admit that Hamas is responsible for every drop of blood spilt on the Gaza border encourages their violence and use of human shields. It makes you complicit in further bloodshed.

2018-05-18 by Colonel Richard Kemp

La Gaceta, May 17

Hamas and the Exploitation of Death

Nonetheless, we must remember it forcefully: Nations have all the legitimacy, protected by international law, to defend themselves against aggression. The poor and innocent Palestinians appearing in those images are neither so poor nor so innocent. They may be oppressed, but by their own corrupt and totalitarian rulers, whether in Gaza or in the West Bank.

2018-05-17 by Rafael Bardaji

The Telegraph, May 15

Hamas are using their own people as expendable tools. Don't fall for their games

All of this is no doubt hard to fully understand, especially if you are conditioned to see Israel in a bad light. But those who wrongly accuse Israel of using too much force play into the hands of Hamas.

2018-05-15 by Colonel Richard Kemp