In fact, although many things stood out to me from my first visit to the region, one in particular was as clear as day: there will be no peace and security for the people of Israel if they continue down a road of occupying Palestine, cutting the territory up into...
Questioned the impact of the Trump administration’s decision to defund UNRWA and Australia’s aid funding to Palestine. Going to Palestine, I want to talk about the Trump administration announcing that it wouldn’t fund the UN Relief and Works Agency...
Questioned US and Australian decisions regarding embassy locations and representations made to Israel on the issue of settlement expansion. Secretary, can you tell me what’s changed regarding the situation in Israel-Palestine since your recent comments that the...
We have the ambassador for Israel in Barnaby Joyce’s office right now. That’s what’s been reported. The ambassador for Israel is in Barnaby Joyce’s office. Is that because there are concerns about the impact of our trading relationships with...
Let’s start with the issue of Jerusalem. The Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday was yet another sign of Australia’s complete and utter capitulation to Donald Trump’s erratic and reactionary world view. The government is lining up behind a...