As Israel obfuscates, Australia sends in retired defence chief to find answers on aid workers

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As Israel obfuscates, Australia sends in retired defence chief to find answers on aid workers
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Mark Binskin’s appointment is an unusual and diplomatically risky move by a government requiring a very careful approach

Former defence force chief Mark Binskin has been appointed by Penny Wong not as an investigator but as an ‘adviser’ to the Australian government, tasked with asking questions of Israel on its behalf.Former defence force chief Mark Binskin has been appointed by Penny Wong not as an investigator but as an ‘adviser’ to the Australian government, tasked with asking questions of Israel on its behalf.

It is not proposing a shadow investigation of the Israeli missile attack. But it is asking for access to the evidence and to fully understand the process and the consequences. Like Binskin, the Israeli investigator appointed to find out how and why the IDF came to fire on the WCK humanitarian aid convoy after specifically approving its movements is also a former senior military officer.

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