Australia quietly drops recognition of West Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Australia quietly drops recognition of West Jerusalem as capital of Israel
Australia has quietly dropped its recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, unwinding language adopted by Scott Morrison’s government after the US moved its own embassy from Tel Aviv.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has retained the bipartisan position that Australia “is committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state co‑exist, in peace and security, within internationally recognised borders”.
But in the past few days it has deleted two sentences from its…
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