“My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity, especially on the situation in Gaza, shames us all. It is almost like the behavior of the military junta in Burma” Desmond Tutu, 30 May 2008 http://news.bbc .co.uk/2/hi/middle_e ast/7425082.stm 12 October 2009 A SUBMISSION TO THE Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Review of the re-listing of Hamas' Izz al-Din al- Qassam Brigades (the Brigades), Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) as terrorist organisations under the Criminal Code Act 1995 BY ASEM JUDEH Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Review of the re-listing of Hamas' Izz al- Din al=Qassam Brigades Page: 1 of 165 WAR ON GAZA: ISRAEL’S [AND ASIO’S] LIES ............................................................................ 6 LABOR AND LIBERAL BIPARTISAN BLIND SUPPORT TO ISRAEL AND PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY PRESSURE, NOT ONLY MAKE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY ABUSE THEIR POWER AND PUBLIC TRUST. THEY ARE ENDANGERING ALL AUSTRALIANS SAFETY, SECURITY AND REPUTATION, BY POLITICISING AND CORRUPTING OUR SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES. ............................................................................. 7 LABOR AND LIBERAL BIPARTISAN BLIND SUPPORT TO ISRAEL AND ASIO’S DELIBERATE MISLEADING REPORTS GIVES ISRAEL FREE LICENSE TO KILL, MASSACRE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING PALESTINIANS. AND ENCOURAGES PRO- ISRAEL LOBBY TO INTIMIDATE AND ATTACK AUSTRALIANS FREEDOM AND WAY OF LIFE. ................................................................................................................................................. 9 LABOR AND LIBERAL BIPARTISAN BLIND SUPPORT TO ISRAEL AND THE RISE OF JIHADIST TERRORIST ZIONIST ILLEGAL SETTLERS. .......................................................... 10 ROYAL COMMISSION IS NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE LABOR, LIBERAL AND ASIO CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT AND COVERING UP ISRAELIS CRIMES. .......................... 11 0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 14 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 14 MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS: ................................................................................................................ 15 UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION GOLDSTONE’S REPORT ON ISRAEL’S GAZA ASSAULT, 15 SEPTEMBER 2009: ............................................................................................................................... 15 HAMAS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE’S REPORT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FROM GAZA ............. 17 MAIN STRUCTURE OF SUBMISSION ...................................................................................................... 18 1. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................. 24 2. IMPORTANT FACTS: WHY THE BRIGADES AND PIJ SHOULDN’T BE ON THE GOVERNMENT TERRORIST LIST? .............................................................................................. 27 2.1 HAMAS IS NOT AL-QAEDA ....................................................................................................... 27 2.2 LISTING THE BRIGADES AND PIJ VS PEACE PROCESS AND SECURITY. .................................... 30 2.2.1 Judisation of Occupied East Jerusalem ........................................................................ 30 October 2009: Ceremony held for expansion of east Jerusalem neighbourhood ........................................ 31 2.2.2 Jihadist Zionist Israelis: ‘Israel has no partner for peace’ .......................................... 32 2.2.3 Jihadist right-wing Israelis, illegal settlements and Israel’s peace .............................. 33 2.2.4 Teenagers settlers on connection between Israeli army & God and Israeli general warns of dangers of turning war into 'jihad' ................................................................................ 34 2.2.5 Arab leaders: Occupied East Jerusalem and illegal settlements are the main obstacle to peace 34 2.2.6 Listing the Hamas’ Brigades and PIJ will not advance Peace Process instead will advance violence and terrorism ..................................................................................................... 35 2.3 WORLD VIEW ON HAMAS AFTER WAR ON GAZA ..................................................................... 38 2.4 HAMAS CHARTER: CREATION OF AN ISLAMIC STATE .............................................................. 43 2.4.1 Hamas Vs Jund Ansar: ASIO got it wrong! ................................................................. 43 2.4.2 Eye witness Paul McGeough Vs ASIO’s Internet Information ................................... 44 2.4.3 ASIO Vs Grade-3 student information analysis: Destruction of Israel ....................... 46 2.4.4 ASIO, Yes Zionist state Israel will disappear: more accurate facts ............................. 47 West Bank occupation poses the real threat to Israel .................................................................................. 48 Olmert has explicitly called for return to '67 borders .................................................................................. 49 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) report: Israel will fall in 20 years ........................................................ 49 2.4.5 Palestinian Islamic Vs Jewish State .............................................................................. 50 Parliamentary Inquiry into Freedom of Religion and Jewish State ............................................................. 50 Israeli jihadist right-wing PM Netanyahu and Jewish State ........................................................................ 52 Recommendations: Zionism and Israel equal racism and terrorism ............................................................ 53 Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Review of the re-listing of Hamas' Izz al- Din al=Qassam Brigades Page: 2 of 165 2.4.6 ASIO credibility is damaged .......................................................................................... 54 3. ISRAELI VS PALESTINIAN TERRORISM. WHY LISTING THE BRIGADES AND PIJ IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED? ................................................................................................... 55 3.1 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT BIAS GIVES ISRAEL FREE LICENSE TO KILL, MASSACRE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING PALESTINIANS ...................................................................................................... 55 3.2 ZIONISM AND ISRAEL PAST TERRORIST AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY ............................... 56 3.3 ZIONISM AND ISRAEL ONGOING TERRORIST AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY IN GAZA ......... 56 3.4 UNITED NATIONS FACT FINDING MISSION ON THE GAZA CONFLICT ....................................... 58 3.5 ISRAEL PM NETANYAHU: UN REPORT WILL TIE OUR HANDS FROM KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN ............................................................................................................................................ 58 3.6 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT, SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES SHOULD MEET THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW & ICC ........................................................................... 59 4 PARLIAMENT MIDDLE EAST PUBLIC INQUIRY AND DEFINITION OF VIOLENCE AND TERRORISM, AUGUST 2001. ................................................................................................. 62 4.1 AUSTRALIA’S RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST ..................................................................... 62 4.2 AUSTRALIAN UNIQUE PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY.............................. 62 4.3 THE INQUIRY INTO AUSTRALIA'S RELATIONS WITH THE MIDDLE EAST REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 64 4.4 ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND ASIO VS CONTEMPT OF PARLIAMENT ......................................... 64 5. AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, SILENCE, DOUBLE STANDARDS AND JEWISH LOBBY . 68 5.1 LABOR MP JULIA IRWIN VS PARLIAMENT SILENCE ................................................................. 68 5.2 LABOR ATTORNEY-GENERAL ROBERT MCCLELLAND IGNORES HIS OWN CRITICISM TO HIS PREDECESSOR ...................................................................................................................................... 69 5.3 POLITICIANS APPEASING PRO-ISRAEL LOBBY .......................................................................... 70 5.4 AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MUST ACT HONESTLY AND FAIRLY IF THEY WANT GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY ..................................................................................................................................... 71 5.5 POLITICISING AUSTRALIA INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY AGENCIES ....................................... 72 5.6 ATTORNEY-GENERAL DOUBLE STANDARDS AND JIHADIST ZIONIST TERRORIST KAHANE CHAI (KACH) ................................................................................................................................................ 74 5.6.1 Kach and Kahane Chai are proscribed as a terrorist organisation in Israel. .............. 75 5.6.2 First tip to ASIO – Australian facts .............................................................................. 76 5.6.3 Second tip to ASIO – Another Australian fact! ............................................................ 76 5.6.4 Third tip to ASIO –