Aussie leaders: one friend of Israel pushed out, but another enters
Off topic, but in Australia, news last week was dominated by the change in our Prime Minister.
No, he didn’t lose an election, but was replaced by his own (ruling) party – the Liberal Party.
(Which seems to be a not unusual thing to happen in recent years over here…)
Previously, Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister and Julie Bishop was Deputy Leader of the Liberal party.
Now Scott Morrison is Prime Minister and Josh Frydenberg is Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party.
This article from the Israeli press explains just how strong Malcolm Turnbull’s support for Israel was, and that Scott Morrison is likely to be a strong supporter as well:
In Canberra, one friend of Israel pushed out, another enters
In fact, as this article in the Israeli press from 3 years ago notes, Malcolm Turnbull may in fact be jewish, as his mother may have been jewish:
Australia’s new PM may be Jewish, but hasn’t given it much thought
https://www.timesofisrael.com/australias-new-pm-may-be-jewish-but-hasnt-given-it-much-thought/
But what I find more interesting, and this is mentioned near the end of the first article link above, is that Josh Frydenberg is devoutly Jewish, and is the first jewish person to reach such a senior position in Australian politics (I believe – I may be wrong…)
Here he is at the swearing in ceremony, swearing on the Hebrew bible:
Also last year, Josh Frydenberg and Rabbi Eli Gutnick held a ceremony to mark the completion of the first Torah to be written in Parliament House in Canberra:
The article below details 5 things of interest about Josh, but I have just copied the text into this post from item #1 about his jewish heritage.
Five things you need to know about Josh Frydenberg
He is the child of two Jewish immigrants
Josh Frydenberg will be the first Jewish Liberal Party Deputy.
His mother Erica is a psychologist, who was born in Hungary, while his father Harry, a surgeon, was born to Polish parents.
Some family members survived the Holocaust, and his great aunt has her Auschwitz prisoner number tattooed on her arm, according to a profile piece published in the Sydney Morning Herald last year.
Frydenberg grew up in the well-to-do suburb of Kew, in inner Melbourne, where he attended Bialik and Mount Scopus Colleges.
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