Australia under Leftist Labor Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is interfering in the affairs of Israel as it moves to “reinstate” the term “Occupied Palestinian Territories.” Australia is also “vowing to strengthen its objections to ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements.” no other country endures or puts up with such interference.
Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, referenced the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria as “illegal under international law and a significant obstacle to peace,” with no reference to or regard for the historic and ongoing attempts to destroy the Jewish state utterly.
The Labor Party “maintained it was acting in line with Australia’s key allies,” thus giving advance notice that it intends to gang up with other anti-Israel countries and do more to stoke Israel’s delegitimization and fuel the Palestinian jihad against it.
Australia’s Coalition opposition accused “the faceless men and women of the Labor party” of “dictating foreign policy.”
It’s no surprise that “the Palestinian foreign ministry praised Australia’s new policy” as a “significant and important development.”
“Australia to officially resume use of term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’, reversing Coalition stance,” by Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler, Guardian, August 8, 2023:
The Australian government will reinstate the term “Occupied Palestinian Territories”, vowing to strengthen its objections to “illegal” Israeli settlements before next week’s Labor party national conference.
The move sparked claims from the Coalition opposition that “the faceless men and women of the Labor party” were dictating foreign policy, but the government maintained it was acting in line with Australia’s key allies.
Some delegates at the Labor national conference in Brisbane are expected to agitate for the party to take a stronger position and commit to a timeframe to recognise Palestinian statehood.
The government has given no indication it is ready to go that far, but has signalled a return to more forthright language about the occupation.
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, outlined the position to Labor MPs and senators at Parliament House on Tuesday. In a sign of internal concerns, it was the second time members of caucus have raised questions about Israel in two weeks.
Wong later told the Senate the Australian government was “gravely concerned about alarming trends that are significantly reducing the prospects of peace”.
“The Australian government is strengthening its opposition to settlements by affirming they are illegal under international law and a significant obstacle to peace,” she said….
Australia’s Labor prime minister moves to ‘reinstate’ the term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ (jihadwatch.org)
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