Just three days after Eid al Fitr, Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison released a statement in celebration of Israel’s so-called ‘Independence Day,’ declaring Australia’s promise to ‘stand by Israel every step of the way’. Describing Australia and Israel as ‘sovereign and free democratic nations,’ Morrison unequivocally repudiated the sovereignty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here, and Indigenous Palestinians there. In a statement released on the same day, Anthony Albanese, leader of the Labour opposition party, sang Israel’s praises extending ‘friendship and support’. I …