November 24, 2012
Speaking at a rally outside the Israeli embassy in Canberra, Unions ACT secretary Kim Sattler said she was a student activist involved in the Australian Unions of Students (AUS), serving as a delegate to the AUS conference in Melbourne in 1974.
That gathering debated the proposal for a delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) to visit Australia.
At the time the PLO group was classified a terrorist organisation, although its offshoot, Fatah, which now rules the West Bank, is more favourably regarded than Hamas, which rules Gaza.
Ms Sattler said the AUS vote backed hearing from the PLO.
"Guess who was on the other side at that time - Tony Abbott," she said.
"That was my first introduction to Tony Abbott and I've been his enemy ever since."
Ms Sattler said Mr Abbott had no Jewish heritage, although she did.
"He is a raving Zionist and has been since he was about 18 or 19. I don't understand why he is, but he is," she said.
Ms Sattler said those who backed the PLO visit were beaten with rolled up newspapers and umbrellas and spat upon during the course of the conference.
She said this made a big impact on her as a 17-year-old activist.
"Thanks to Tony, I have been an avowed Palestine supporter ever since," she said.
In the 1970s, Mr Abbott was a student activist strongly opposed to left domination of student politics.
Earlier this year, journalist David Marr recounted a 1977 incident in which Mr Abbott allegedly sought to intimidate a female student who beat him in a university election by punching a wall on either side of her head. Mr Abbott has repeatedly denied this happened.
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Sure, just another Union and labor party beat up, all spin and lies. Quite frankly these poor little haters like Kim Sattler should go hide back under the rock they crawled out from underneath. Isn't this the very same little hater that lied to help set up Tony Abbott before. Maybe should go raid her slush fund and have another drinky before she does herself more harm than good. This little hater is just that and is completely and utterly irrelevant. I wouldn't trust any union official, they are all tainted and proven liars, like their Labor party masters. Or is that the other way around ? The unions are the master criminals and the labor party there followers ? This little hater is just like Wilson coming out and saying Gillard had nothing to do with the theft of union members money( like anyone in there right mind should believe Mr Wilson a proven lair and thief. I think not, not unless your completely stupid). Five words for the Unions "Shut Up you Lying Dogs".
ReplyDeleteSounds like the Politicans are spinning more BS, and a ZIONEST, it that some new saying BS or something
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