Kevin Rudd
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| Born | Kevin Michael Rudd 21 September 1957 Nambour, Queensland, Australia |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Children | 3 |
| Spouse | Thérèse Rein |
| Party | Labor Party |
Had his big break after attending first meeting of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue in 1993. Later became Prime Minister. | |
Israeli use of Australian fake passports
In 2010, Mossad got caught using fake Australian passports for one of their assassinations. This was the second time they had been caught. After the first time, in 2003, Israel had promised not to use Australian passports again. As a response to the second incident, the Rudd government expelled an Israeli "diplomat"[1]
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“In his memoirs, Prime Minster Rudd told how in the National Security Committee of the Cabinet after the second Israeli passport incident, Dennis Richardson, chief of ASIO, stated that "unless Australia wished to be seen as a 'soft touch' by the Israelis, we had to act firmly and decisively. Everyone nodded in agreement except Julia Gillard. "I asked her explicitly whether she supported the recommendations. She grunted her assent. I knew for a fact that Julia had been cultivated by the Israeli Lobby in Australia".”
Kevin Rudd (2018) [2]
Rudd also wrote that the Israel lobby menaced him over the affair.
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“Rudd attended a dinner on the 3rd of June with Jewish community leaders to repair the strained relationship. According to Rudd, Mark Leibler, leader of AIJAC berated him for committing the "hostile act" of expelling the Israeli diplomat. Rudd told Leibler that it was the second time Israel had used false passports, wherupon Leibler responded "I don't believe you". When Rudd offered a meeting with ASIO chief Richardson, "Leibler still stared at me in disbelief. And then disbelief turned to anger. Apropos of nothing, he said, 'Julia is looking very good in the public eye these days, Prime Minister. She's performing very strongly. She's a great friend of Israel. But you shouldn't be anxious about her, should you, Prime Minister?' It was Leibler at his menacing worst."”
Kevin Rudd (2018) [2]
Mark Leibler flew to Israel less than two weeks after the dinner, where he met with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on 20 June, before meeting the head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, on 23 June.[3] Gillard became Prime Minister on 24 June 2010.
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