A pattern of appeasement, not moral clarity, has shaped the Albanese Government’s response to Gaza, Israel and the politics of antisemitism at home, writes Paul Begley.
WHEN A LEADER elected to the highest office operates according to a belief that pleasing his enemies is a sure-fire way to preserve his political capital, he gets what he deserves when his enemies turn on him for doing what they asked for.
Gaza to Bondi: How appeasement shaped Albanese’s response to antisemitism
Winston Churchill warned against that approach by characterising an appeaser as one who feeds a crocodile in the hope it will eat him last, forgetting that its appetite is insatiable.