Wong condemns ‘abhorrent and outrageous’ comments by Netanyahu government members as global fury grows
by Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6XE56)
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Penny Wong has condemned abhorrent and outrageous" comments made by Netanyahu government members in recent days and said the Israeli government cannot allow the suffering" in Gaza to continue.
Wong spoke with her Israeli counterpart on Friday ahead of a Sunday announcement by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu that he would ease the 11-week siege on food, fuel and aid supplies that has left many of the two million people trapped in Gaza starving.
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