A senior Liberal says Israel’s killings of aid workers should have been prevented but has refused to call the attacks a breach of international law, as the Coalition faces accusations of being “weak” amid outrage over Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham says he is ‘not in a position’ to say if Israel’s killing of aid workers breaches UN law
Under pressure to answer if he thought Israel’s actions constituted a war crime, opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham said it“You’re asking me to give a legal judgement that I am not qualified nor with all the facts to be in a position to give a judgement,” Senator Birmingham told ABC’s Insiders.
Asked if he was satisfied with Israel’s attempts to reduce the deaths of innocent civilians, Senator Birmingham argued its government had a responsibility to uphold international law and had been “rightly held to account” by many around the world. Labor frontbencher Ed Husic says Coalition has been ‘weak’ on its response to the deaths. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
Senator Birmingham said that the Coalition wanted to see “clear action” in terms of understanding how the death of Ms Frankcom occurred but argued Israel had held itself to account more so than Hamas.
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