Australia’s Israel Policy Reversal ‘Most Significant Mistake’ in Years: Opposition Leader

Australia’s Israel Policy Reversal ‘Most Significant Mistake’ in Years: Opposition Leader
The Israeli flag flies with the Peace Tower in the background on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Apr. 21, 2002. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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The Albanese government’s flip-flopping over a decision to reverse Australia’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel has been called the “most significant mistake” made in years by the opposition leader.

The Liberal-National party’s Peter Dutton told journalists at a press conference in the Northern Territory on Oct. 19 called the federal Labor government’s behaviour one of the biggest “foreign affairs blunders in many years.”
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Victoria Kelly-Clark is an Australian based reporter who focuses on national politics and the geopolitical environment in the Asia-pacific region, the Middle East and Central Asia.
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