The vote by Australia in a UN committee puts the country at odds with the United States and Israel, and has angered Australia's Jewish lobby groups.
Australia was one of 155 countries which backed the draft proposal in a United Nations committee, while the United States and Israel voted no.
It calls on the organisation to recognise "permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources".It demands Israel stop destroying infrastructure such as water and sewage pipelines and electricity networks, and to stop confiscating Palestinians homes and farms.
"While Australia does not agree with everything in the resolution, this vote reflects international concern about Israeli actions that impede access to natural resources, and ongoing settlement activity, land dispossession, demolitions and settler violence against Palestinians," the spokesperson said.Australia also backed a second draft resolution, blaming Israel for an oil slick which hit Lebanon during the 2006 war and demanded the country pay compensation.
"But it will be noticed in Washington and certainly by Australians with a connection to the conflict, which may well be the point.""Australia's support marks an acknowledgement of the catastrophic impact of Israel's relentless appropriation and destruction of Palestinian resources and sends a clear signal that the world is demanding accountability for these injustices," APAN president Nasser Mashni said.
"We're concerned that this is yet another shift in position by the Albanese government who, prior to the last election, reassured Australia's Jewish community and other voters that there was no difference between the major parties when it came to their positions on Israel, Palestine and those Middle East questions," Senator Birmingham told the ABC's Afternoon Briefing.
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