Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd

Why a popular prime minister was toppled

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The dumping of Prime Minister Rudd was culminated by the anger at his expulsion of the undercover operative and of his mounting support for a two state solution for Palestine and Israel and of his support of UNESCO cultural rights for Palestine. There was venom towards Rudd for his supposed tough stance to the Israeli government for an Israeli government sanctioned assassination squad in 2010 misusing Australian identities and passports in the Dubai assassination of a leading Hamas official.

On May 24, 2010 the Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith announced in parliament the expulsion order. Rudd would only last as prime minister for one more month. On June 24 he would be ditched.

The so-called ‘faceless-men’ worked feverishly following the expulsion of the Canberra based Mossad operative. Not all of them were upset by the fact of Rudd’s stance and expulsion but they were attracted by the significant opportunity to carpetbag their way to more power. Some of the faceless exploited the unforgiving anger by some of the influential faceless lot and within the firmament of anger found the opportunity to undermine Rudd and pursue personal gain, top jobs.

The Rudd expulsion of the operative came two months after Britain expelled a London based Mossad station chief. Twelve British passports had also been misused in the assassination on January 20, 2010 of the Hamas official, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith said, “The government (is) in no doubt that Israel was responsible for the abuse and counterfeiting of these passports.”

On the expulsion, a statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry included, “We regret the Australian decision, which is not in line with the quality and importance of our relationship.”

One of the so-called faceless plotters had been ALP powerbroker and backbencher Michael Danby. Mr Danby was pivotal in the shafting of Rudd as prime minister. In fairness to Mr Danby he is known for supporting a two state solution for Palestine and Israel.

Prime Minister Rudd’s enemies began to number and gang up around Danby, Feeney and others following his earlier cardinal sin of showing semblances of support to Palestine, for a two state solution and for his recognition of the cultural rights of Palestine. In November 2009, Rudd supported piecemeal cultural rights at UNESCO for Palestine. Palestine would count against Rudd as did Pine Gap to Gough Whitlam.

Read then full article by Gerry Georgatos at The Stringer.