Gillard accused of soft line on Tel Aviv Dan Oakes and Dylan Welch The Age: June 29, 2010
A FORMER Australian ambassador to Israel has accused Prime Minister Julia Gillard of being silent on the "excesses" of Israel, and has questioned why her partner has been given a job by a prominent Israel lobbyist.
He questioned Ms Gillard's stance given that she led an Australian delegation to Israel last year for the inaugural meeting of the Australia Israel Leadership Forum.
In a letter to The Sydney Morning Herald, Ross Burns, who was ambassador in Tel Aviv between 2001 and 2003, said Ms Gillard had been "remarkably taciturn on the excesses of Israeli actions in the past two years".
