Anthony Albanese appears to be implementing policies to appease the far Left activist class

The Albanese government has added insult to injury by failing to condemn the mad political activism of the International Criminal Court.

Anthony Albanese has dismissed the pro-Palestinian activists making a nuisance of themselves at university campuses across the country as a pack of “Trots”.

I guess it takes one to know one.

For the prime minister is no statesman and his world view is sadly not that far removed from that of an unemployable first-year arts student.

Indeed, he appears to be implementing policies, including foreign policy, to appease the far Left activist class.

Anthony Albanese is no statesman. Picture: Tim Hunter

In the past two weeks the Albanese government has disgraced itself on the world stage first by betraying our allies and abandoning eight decades of bipartisanship to vote, with the likes of China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Pakistan and Cuba, for a resolution seeking to confer full UN membership on Palestine.

This was an enormous blunder that was understandably interpreted by the Jewish community, and beyond, as effectively rewarding Hamas for its sadistic acts of terror.

Now, the Albanese government has added insult to injury by failing to condemn the mad political activism of the International Criminal Court, led by its chief prosecutor Karim Khan, which this week sought arrest warrants for Israel’s democratically elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the country’s defence minister Yoav Gallant along with three Hamas terror chiefs.

The politics is as transparent as it is putrid; seeking to equate Israel’s PM with the leadership of a bloodthirsty terror group that hides its combatants in schools and hospitals and rapes, tortures and beheads civilians.

Albanese’s world view is sadly not that far removed from that of an unemployable first-year arts student.. Picture: David Crosling

The ICC was immediately and rightly condemned by British PM Rishi Sunak’s office and even the feeble US president Joe Biden was sparked into action, calling the court’s decision “outrageous”.

“The ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants against Israeli leaders is outrageous,” Mr Biden said.

“And let me be clear: Whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence, none, between Israel and Hamas.”

But sadly, our PM showed neither any intestinal fortitude nor moral clarity when asked about the ICC decision.

“I don’t comment on court processes in Australia, let alone court processes globally, that which Australia is not a party,” said Mr Albanese before commenting on Julian Assange’s UK court case.

After copping criticism for his unprincipled response, the PM on Thursday adopted a new strategy; blaming the Howard government for signing Australia up to the ICC and saying he won’t respond to “hypotheticals about things that have not happened”.

Compare Albanese’s response to that of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton who called the ICC action “an abomination”.

“This action is anti-Semitic and it is against the interest of peace in the Middle East,’’ he said.

“To draw an equivalence between Israel and Hamas, I think, is repugnant.”

Albanese’s blunder was understandably interpreted by the Jewish community, and beyond, as effectively rewarding Hamas for its sadistic acts of terror. Picture: AFP

Dutton also slammed the PM for his weakness and failure to condemn the ICC.

“This is one of the most shameful acts of the Prime Minister, and the Jewish community and Australians of good faith will be completely and utterly bewildered … their Prime Minister doesn’t have the ability, or the wit, to be able to stand up for what is in our country’s best interests, and to stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies including the United States to condemn an obvious act of anti-Semitism by the ICC,” he said.

“The ICC should reverse their decision and the Prime Minister should come out today to call for that instead of continuing to remain in hiding or continuing to dig a deeper hole for himself.”

The only action worse than the PM, was the tacit approval from Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong who through her department issued a statement in support of the ICC.

“Australia respects the ICC and the important role it has in upholding international law,” the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade statement said.

“The decision on whether to issue arrest warrants is a matter for the court in the independent exercise of its functions.”

And of course Labor’s unofficial coalition partner, the Greens, added an extra layer of crazy, anti-Israeli sentiment to the mix.

Greens leader Adam Bandt called on the Albanese government to show greater support for the ICC prosecutor’s “bold decision to press for arrests”.

No matter how far Left Albanese veers, it’ll never be enough for the Greens, whose preferences he needs to win enough seats to govern.

The reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was best summed up by a quote attributed to the great Golda Meir, the fourth prime minister of Israel, which remains as true in

2024 as it did in the 1970s: “If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more ‎violence. If the Jews put ‎down their weapons ‎today, there would be no ‎more Israel.”