Albanese government called ‘gutless’ after sitting out UN vote on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6QV3W)
The Greens' Mehreen Faruqi, opposition leader Peter Dutton and Australia Palestine Advocacy Network president Nasser Mashni all criticised Labor
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The Australian government has been accused by pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups alike of gutless" fence-sitting after it abstained on a UN vote on the need to urgently end the Israeli occupation.
The resolution was adopted by a 124-14 margin at the UN general assembly in New York early on Thursday, but the issue splintered western countries as the US joined Israel in outright opposition whereas New Zealand, France and Ireland voted yes.
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