Vote marks a change to the nation’s official stance held for more than two decades
Australia has split with the US and voted with 156 other countries at the UN to demand the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible”.The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, said the Albanese government’s departure from the position of recent Australian governments had “sold out” the Jewish community for Greens votes in western Sydney and the city’s progressive inner west suburbs.
It also supports plans for a 2025 high-level international conference aimed at devising and implementing a two-state solution.“We don’t always get everything we want. But if, on balance, we believe the resolution will contribute to peace and a two-state solution, we will vote for it,” the spokesperson said.
Following news of the votes, Dutton told reporters in Sydney he did not support the Albanese government’s shift on the issues, claiming they had been taken for “crass political purposes”. “The best we can do for peace in the Middle East is defeat Hamas and Hezbollah and make sure their proxy in Iran does not strike with nuclear weapons, or through the Houthis, or others they are finding because innocent women and children are losing their lives,” he said.have been killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023 when Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel, resulting in 1,200 deaths and the kidnapping of hundreds.
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