Cosy chat between Albanese, raving anti-Semite Mahmoud Abbas 'validates' the October 7 massacre as a stepping stone to Palestinian statehood
But perhaps the Senator for South Australia should ask herself this: what exactly are we recognising and what price will we ultimately pay, especially from the relative safety of the southern hemisphere?
Her remark chafed even more when it was revealed that our Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose, in the shadow of the Harbour Bridge pro-Palestinian march, to ring Holocaust revisionist Mahmoud Abbas for a chat to share his vision for a two-state solution in the region.
In the call, Mr Abbas said Australia could help foster peace by formally recognising Palestine, according to the official readout.
Our PM, with Ms Wong in tow, is preparing to hand legitimacy to those in Palestine who traffic bloodlust and terror.
Not peace.
This curious decision demands examination of a time when politicians had spines and held our Western values so very tightly and respected them as precious.
Not the era we are experiencing now where Jewish people who have sought refuge in Western democracies, believing they would be safe, now question this safety.
Every. Single. Day.
Let's take one example, such as when the then British PM Margaret Thatcher warned on November 10, 1980 that the scourge of international terrorism lurks forever in the background.
'There are people exercising power in a few countries and leading political factions in others who seem to be moved by narrow, brutal and irrational impulses,' the Iron Lady told the Lord Mayor's Banquet at London's Guildhall.
For background, this annual Banquet is always a lustrous event in the capital's calendar, bristling with the posh and powerful and the weight of the keynote speeches can linger for generations.
Which is exactly what happened here.
Mrs Thatcher continued: 'Their view of their own self-interest is so blinkered as to leave no space for purely human values, for peaceful negotiation or for economic advancement.
'They are bent on the destruction of the established order and of civilised ways of doing business.'
Albanese's fear of being called Islamophobic by inner-city elites comes through loud and clear in his attempt to frame Holocaust revisionist Mahmoud Abbas as a partner in reconciliation rather than the enabler of hate, writes Louise Roberts. Pictures: NewsWire/ Zizi Averill,/AFP
Mrs Thatcher ended this part of her speech with the type of succinct footnote that typically skewered her critics: those who trade in terror 'must never be allowed to succeed'.
And 45 years later, here we are.
A so-called progressive Australian government in 2025, nodding along with the very forces the Iron Lady warned against.
But instead of heeding her hard-fought wisdom, our Federal Government prepares to recognise a Palestinian state while Hamas holds hostages, tourniquets the Gaza area and promises to never surrender.
It will quite simply validate the October 7, 2023 massacre as a stepping stone to statehood.
As President of the State of Palestine, the 89-year-old Mr Abbas is being treated like a partner in reconciliation rather than an enabler of hate.
He famously authored a doctoral thesis 'The other side: the secret relationship between Nazism and Zionism' which challenged the number of Jewish victims of the Holocaust as around one million rather than six million, among other claims.
Should we accept that our government is more concerned about being branded Islamophobic by urban elites than about standing strong for Western values?
Mr Abbas is a 20-year autocrat who shares the same vision, incidentally, that Hamas has always used as cover for its ultimate goal: the eradication of Israel.
'From the river to the sea" is the genocidal chant, echoed by some voices in Sydney to the offices of the Palestinian leadership.
And yes, Mr Albanese knows this.
Or he should.
For a moment, just contrast the pandering to Mr Abbas to how the PM interacts with our actual ally - US President Donald Trump.
The well-known historical insults, the spectacle of anti-Trump Kevin Rudd continuing as US Ambassador and Mr Albanese's lacklustre energy on meeting with his American counterpart are alarming in comparison.
And when questioned on whether he would consult Trump before deciding on recognition of a Palestinian state, the Prime Minister said: 'We're a sovereign government.'
Why not pick up the phone to Mr Trump to discuss the Gaza conflict like he did to Mr Abbas?
Mrs Thatcher did not equivocate and understood a fundamental truth that rewarding terrorism with diplomacy is simply to encourage more of it.
I wonder what she would say now as countries such as France and Canada 'recognise' a Palestinian state bereft of clear borders and a democracy whilst Australia gets in line to do the same.
Louise Roberts is a journalist and editor who has worked as a TV and radio commentator in Australia, the UK and the US. Louise is a winner of the Peter Ruehl Award for Outstanding Columnist in the NRMA Kennedy Awards for Excellence in Journalism and has been shortlisted in other awards for her opinion work.
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