Wanted: an indigenous
Theodore Herzl

‘Kvetch’ is a lovely Yiddish word for the whiniest sort of complaining, and it is also the ironic name chosen by Misha Saul for his Substack blog, which is always worth a visit. In a recent post he wonders if Yes-canted Aboriginal leaders, while talking a good game about ‘sovereignty’, actually want, understand and are prepared to shoulder the responsibilities that would go with it. 

… it is the job of the righteous Aboriginal nationalist who would claim a land for their people and true sovereignty to prove skeptics wrong and to build a nation.

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard once asked what it would take to turn Darwin into Singapore. Where is the Aboriginal nationalist ready to build the Aboriginal Israel?

Micha’s post can be read in full here.