The federal government's decision to back a United Nations resolution urging Israel's withdrawal from Gaza was an attempt to win back votes going to the Greens, the opposition leader claims.
Peter Dutton says the government abandoned Australia's Jewish community by backing a resolution calling for Israel 's withdrawal from the Occupied Territories.What's next?
Australia, along with 156 other nations, supported the motion, with seven abstaining and another eight including the United States and Israel voting against it. He accused the government of shifting its stance in order to shore up votes in Labor seats being targeted by the Greens. There has been a backlash to the federal government's response to the invasion in some Labor-held seats with large Muslim communities — which the government has accused the Greens of exploiting.He said the government's position reflected Labor's view that "the best peaceful outcome here is a two-state solution … The statement of explanation that has been published by Australia in relation to this sets out our reasons for the positions that we have taken.
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