Australia is working to water down a resolution calling for an Israeli arms embargo and demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza.
The federal government is working to water down a forceful United Nations resolution at the end of the week calling for an arms embargo on Israel and demanding the Jewish state withdraw from the West Bank and Gaza within a year.
A spokeswoman for Wong said: “As you would expect of a responsible government, we are engaging with other countries on the text of the resolution, its implications, including with regards to international law, and whether it appropriately reflects the ICJ advisory opinion. Zionist Federation of Australia president Jeremy Leibler and Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Daniel Aghion said: “For the government to vote for or abstain on this motion would represent a fundamental change in its foreign policy.
Greens foreign affairs spokesman Jordon Steele-John said: “This is a chance for Australia to be on the right side of history, to acknowledge and help work towards the resolution of decades of intentional provocation by the State of Israel.”
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