Further proof that the world's insistence that the West Bank/Gaza are Occupied Palestinian Territories are purely from political concerns of backlash from the Arab world and have NOTHING to do with it actual law or reality.

silly boy ! Islamists declared war on the west 1400 years ago

Yes the Australians know that their Prime Minister and his Attorney General made a huge mistake and probably they will boot him out.

Here we are celebrating getting mere neutrality on a matter of international law. Can you even begin to imagine if some country actually supported our legal claims? I think that we would go nuts. The idea of Arab threats against Australia is really stupid. The entire Middle East just exploded. Iraq will fall in a matter of weeks, Jordan is next and then the real bloodbath would be Iran

But you're still barfing up the same lie. It doesn't pay to support the Palestinian agenda as they stab you in the back if you don't do what they want. Australia will do just fine without them. The Arab world has never provided economic support for the Palestinians and most of the Arab world is shrouded in poverty.

I thought that it is illegal for countries to boycott.trade.

1.6 billions needs their stomach full. Your useless friends needs Australia sheep. China can export clothing not food. They need food for their own nation.

Australia saying the truth nothing but the truth, and as usual your lovers Islam hates the truth. Nothing is written about Jerusalem in the Quran. What Islam do not believe in the hand written quran ?

I would like to know what the Arabs trade with Australia is that the Arabs export terrorists and Australia is afraid that the Arabs will not sell them the terrorists? Who is afraid of the big bad Arab wolf

New Zealand is still on the map or they have to sacrifice and become vegetarians a very healthy procedure.

Answer: NONE! There is your answer.

It sounds that you are not from SA, ex apartheid country. Wake-up

By international law, East Jerusalem has as good a chance as anyone in Israel. East Jerusalem falls under Jerusalem which is being controlled by Israel according to Geneva Laws. Strong armed tactics serving unrighteousness will not stand. The Tajweed Qur'an states that Jews and Christians only have to follow the gospels and the laws of their Lord. As a Christian, East Jerusalem is reserved for the name that's been left to be blasphemed, Zion. This is for the redemption. Sura Maida verse 54 explains where Muslims are right now. Now, to get to verse 69. Righteousness has to be debated between the "People of the Book" and the "People of the Cloak". This should be very interesting. You're going to need genealogies for this one. The covenant is with Levi.

Perhaps Australia is one of the sheep nations that will enter the Millenial Kingdom of Yahoshua HaMashiach. Perhaps the earth changes with the Pole Shift expected June 14-17, 2014 will not result in the 2/3 of Australia on the Western side to be lost to the oceans by the mercy of Elohim. With Elohim all things are possible. The Pole Shift will start with 200mph winds or greater since some say 800mph winds for an hour in bands around the earth. Then the earth will wobble like a drunkard with the oceans sloshing onto lowland areas that are coastal all around the world. Anciently, that was called the Great Winnowing when a Pole Shift hit during the time Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt. 80% of the people within 100 miles of coasts around the world that are low elevation areas will die according to Dr. William Deagle. The Himalayan Plate of the earth will instantly slip over India, killing a billion people who rejected Elohim. Japan will disappear. The South American Plate will move north obliterating Central America and the Caribbean. Since China has military bases in the Caribbean and the Panama Canal, that will be a protection for the USA. NORAD reported that Russian bombers are making practice runs off the coast of California and Alaska, so Russia may attack the USA when it is most vulnerable during the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and tsunamis of the Pole Shift or just before that with Mach 5 and Mach 10 missiles that the Missile Defense Shields cannot stop because of the speed of the missiles. Same sex marriages and flaunting sodomy and cheating the poor and women with wanton eyes have enraged Elohim and the world is about to pay the price for turning away from Elohim.

Harold, lose the hyperbole. "Declared war?" By the way, the Moslem population of the world is closer to two billion, but I know that you are generally light on facts. Approximately 1.9 billion of them might collectively have the purchase power to buy a cup of coffee, but not much more. So I doubt that they represent a threat to the Australian economy. On the other hand, Australia can deport the two million or so Pakistani illegal aliens, and send the million or so Indonesian "guestworkers" packing. Has it escaped your notice, Harold, that the Arab states do not give a big rat's ass about the "palestinians?" They will pay lip service, but the days of political backing to the tune of boycotts and certainly the huge cash payments to the "palestinians" are over. Long over. Which is why the "palestinians" had to turn to the West in the first place. Most Arab countries hate the "palestinians" so much, they won't even allow them into their countries. A substantial number -- Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia, Oman, Muscat, Abu Dhabi, Fujeira, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait -- have kicked them out. Increasingly, the Arab states have come to realize that they would rather have good ties to dependable Israel than to the peripatetic and fractious "palestinians." So they are not going to heed a call to boycott Australia simply because the "palestinians" want a boycott. The Arab states are worried about ISIS, they know that the United States will not protect them and that leaves them very vulnerable to both Iran and to ISIS dreams of a new caliphate. They don't want that They want their palaces and luxurious lifestyles. The world is changing, Harold, in ways that you do not like and lack the intellect to comprehend. No one cares about the "palestinians," least of all the Arab states. Wise up.

You are obviously ignorant to the live animal trade we have with Muslim countries. We had just repaired relations with Indonesia over a live-trade gaf, and now we have this stupid comment from our AG. Just stop your uninformed and unresearched comments and get back into your Saturday jewish bathtub.

I thought you were a Christian! Why is it that you are worshiping the "beast, coming up out of the sea?" If you are not smart enough to recognize prophecy fulfillment and the identity of the beast, you should just keep quiet and try and learn something. Islam is the beast!

Wow! How very Christian of you. Call others clowns. Could you quote me the Book, chapter and verse that makes that alright?

Trying to reason with Harold is a major waste of time! ISIS are his heroes.

Why don't you shut your Jew hating mouth and get off this Jewish site and find yourself a nice islamo-fascist to spew your hate.

Have you emerged from your drug-induced stupor to take note of the fact that while the "palestinians" have called for an economic boycott of Australia, NOT A SINGLE MOSLEM OR ARAB STATE HAS SIGNED ON? In fact, their stony silence is quite deafening. Nations have interests, and support of the "palestinians" has not been in anyone's interest for quite a long time -- especially the Arab and Moslem states. They pay a great deal of lip service and vote in meaningless United Nations votes, but other than that? Nothing. In fact, the "paalestinians" have been kicked out of every Gulf State, the Kingdom, Jordan, Lebanon and Tunisia. Moreover, I think that Indonesia does not want to jeopardize the several million guest-workers in Australia -- who send a great deal of money back to Indonesia -- they want them to stay in Oz and continue to send money home, because Indonesia's economy is not doing at all well. I don't need to do research. I know how much cargo travels from Australia to other nations, and I can tell you that the trade they do with ALL Arab and Moslem nations combined amounts to less than one-third of the trade they do with Israel. So it is in Australia's best interests to maintain good relations with Israel. And if the attorney general and the prime minister happen to speak the truth -- why does that offend you? Jerusalem has never meant anything to Moslems or Arabs -- they never paid any attention to Jerusalem until the defeat of Jordan in 1967 restored the city to its rightful owners -- the Jewish people. I realize that you lack the requisite knowledge to debate at my level, but insulting my religion? Tacky. That just underscores your ignorance. No need for the emphasis -- we already know that you are a phenomenal idiot.

Australia is only sucking up to Israel because we need the USA's military might on our side. As to debating you, as a senior university lecturer, I would cream you. In fact you are better suited to mass-debating! The only drugs I am on at the moment is paracetomol for a sporting injury. Abbott the rabbit will reverse the AG's words if he is smart. Jerusalem is OCCUPIED territory. Boycott Divest Sanction

....rescinded due to pressure and disgust from the Australian population.

You need to some research in independent quarters.

"Israel seized East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War" No, Ynet - Israel did not "seize" anything. Israel liberated the eastern half of Jerusalem from the illegal Jordanian occupation, after the Jordanians attacked Israel (despite being warned by Israel to stay out of the war).