Australia's Jerusalem move doesn't help Palestinian political demands
Ramona Wadi- Israel was furious to learn that Australian PM has removed references to West Jerusalem from the DFAT website
In December 2018, former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison emulated the Trump administration and recognised West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, although it kept its embassy in Tel Aviv. Australia thus kept partly in line with international consensus, which is in any case inherently hypocritical, given that Palestinians are subjected to two-state diplomacy and now the Abraham Accords.
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