The federal government has appointed former ADF chief Mark Binskin to monitor Israel's response to its air strikes which killed Australian Zomi Frankcom. What will he do?
The federal government has appointed former ADF chief Mark Binskin to monitor Israel's response to its air strikes which killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and six other aid workers.
Mr Albanese said he was "well regarded globally, as well as in Australia", an assessment shared by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, who said he was "beyond reproach and an incredible individual", though he criticised the creation of the role.Air Chief Marshal Binskin's job is not to investigate the air strike. It is to investigate Israel's response.
But his ability to do so will depend on Israel's cooperation. It will up to Israel to decide what information, if any, it wants to share with Air Chief Marshal Binskin. But the PM said he was "confident that would be available" and that Australia "expect full cooperation" from Israel. WCK had co-ordinated the movement of its three trucks with the IDF. And it said: "The IDF's own video fails to show any cause to fire on our personnel convoy, which carried no weapons and posed no threat."
"This isn't an isolated incident. We shouldn't just be concerned about holding Israel accountable when foreign nationals die," he said. He noted the strike could have been a war crime even if it was a mistake because combatants are obliged to "do everything feasible … to make sure that it's a military target, that it's not civilians, you launch an attack".
In this he may draw comparisons between the IDF's rules and procedures for protecting civilians in combat, and the ADF's own standards in combat situations. Australia has used a different sanctions regime, related to terrorism, to sanction more than two dozen people associated with Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
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