Australia's former Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam says that Australia's Israel lobby blackmailed his government into supporting Israel against Arab states in the Yom Kippur War (1973).

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Today's Australian: "Mr Leibler, a social justice campaigner, & Mr Frydenberg ... say the [Albanese] government’s ­refusal to support Israel stands in contrast to 70 years of bipartisanship & 'moral clarity' from prime ministers from Robert Menzies to Scott Morrison." Oh, really?

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Australia's former Prime Minister Edward Gough Whitlam says that Australia's Israel lobby blackmailed his government into supporting Israel against Arab states in the Yom Kippur War (1973). Whitlam's government refused to be coerced and remained neutral.

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