The response of Michael Danby MHR the ALP Member for Melbourne Ports to claims made in the recent book by Bob Carr, the previous Foreign Minister of Australia, in the media on April 10 was staggering to say the least. In his book Bob Carr made two claims that Danby, who had not read the […]

The response of Michael Danby MHR the ALP Member for Melbourne Ports to claims made in the recent book by Bob Carr, the previous Foreign Minister of Australia, in the media on April 10 was staggering to say the least. In his book Bob Carr made two claims that Danby, who had not read the book had issue with. Those claims were: – That a conservative Jewish lobby in Melbourne had undue influence over Prime Minister Gillard – That the Jewish settlements on the West Bank were not in the best interests of peace in the middle east. For making these claims Danby labelled Carr – a bigot. Well, I have no idea whether the first claim is true or not. No idea at all. On the second claim my inclination is to agree emphatically. But I may well be wrong. The fact is however, neither claim by Carr is in…