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Albanese and Biden’s opportunism on aid deaths is contemptible
The confected outrage over the deaths of Australian Zomi Frankcom and her fellow Gaza aid workers goes way beyond the reaction to earlier wartime tragedies.
Alexander DownerColumnistI try to avoid using strong language when criticising people – it’s ungentlemanly and divisive – but I’d have to say the reaction of Western leaders, including our own opportunistic Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to the accidental killing by the Israelis of seven aid workers was nauseating.
Of course, the death of the aid workers was tragic, and it was particularly upsetting for us that one of the victims was Australian Zomi Frankcom.
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