Some people are more occupied than others

The following letter in today’s Age newspaper simply explains Kevin Rudd’s selective belief in human rights:

How dare Kevin Rudd tell the Chinese that there have been human rights violations in Tibet. Would he do the same and tell the Israelis that there are gross human rights violations in Palestine? On the contrary, at a recent dinner organised by an Australian Jewish organisation, he went to great lengths to say that Australians and Israelis are the same type of people.

Simon Chan, Port Melbourne

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