Former foreign minister Alexander Downer believes that the recent death of an Australian aid worker in an Israeli strike on Gaza will not significantly impact the diplomatic relations between Australia and Israel. The Albanese government has expressed outrage over the incident, but Downer suggests that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will overlook Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's criticism.
Former foreign minister Alexander Downer says current diplomatic tensions between the Israel i and Australia n governments over the death of an aid worker will not play out and Benjamin Netanyahu will"just forget" Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's outrage. Former foreign minister Alexander Downer claims the recent death of Australia n aid worker Zomi Frankcom in an Israel i strike on Gaza will be “irrelevant” to the future of Australia and Israel ’s diplomatic ties.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed the response as inadequate and called for further accountability for the attack, sparking a chorus of similar calls from other international players. “It's not going to make any difference to the Israelis, what President Biden and particularly Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong say, it's not going to make any difference,” the former foreign minister told The Kenny Report.
“I mean, the Israelis won't care too much because ultimately, they just have to win the war because it’s an existential struggle. They'll just forget what the Australian government said. It's irrelevant.” “Zomi Frankcom was travelling in a vehicle that was clearly identified as an aid vehicle. It should not have been at risk,”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has maintained the IDF does not target civilians, implying the intended target of the strike could have been Hamas-associated suspects.
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