Given the worsening global situation, Rudd said he would find it hard to think of “harder times in recent decades” when the world faced so many challenges.
: Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Australia has a responsibility to remain “rock solid” with the US as it confronts the triple challenges of theWeighing into the war in the Middle East, Rudd, who is now the Albanese Government’s ambassador in Washington, also hit out at the “unfolding brutality” of Hamas forand “as a matter of doctrine, believes that Israel should never exist”.
“But the responsibility, in the same breath, for allies of the United States like Australia is to be rock solid with the United States as it confronts each and every one of these challenges … and that is where the government of Australia proudly stands today.”Rudd’s comments come two weeks before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will travel to the US for an official state visit hosted by US President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.
Israeli bombardment in retaliation for the attack has also forced more than 300,000 people from their homes, and Gazan hospitals, which have become overwhelmed by the dead and injured, have only a few more days of fuel before their power cuts off.
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