Australian Foreign Minister, Penny Wong, has cancelled a Morrison government initiative recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
The Labor frontbencher announced the decision in a statement saying the Albanese government was, ‘Committed to a two-state solution in which Israel and a future Palestinian state co-exist, in peace and security, within internationally recognised borders.’
Defending the placement of Australia’s embassy, Wong strongly inferred that Tel Aviv was ‘and always has been Israel’s capital’.
The Foreign Minister added that her government was recommitting to ‘internationalist efforts’ (read as: the globalist agenda) to force Israel’s hand regarding a Palestinian state.
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