Former Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally recognized West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2018, although the Australian embassy remained in Tel Aviv.
Former Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally recognized West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2018, although the Australian embassy remained in Tel Aviv.
Australia has overturned the previous government West Jerusalem recognized as the capital of IsraelForeign Minister said on Tuesday.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the cabinet of the centre-left Labor government agreed to re-recognize Tel Aviv as the capital and reaffirmed that the situation in Jerusalem would be resolved in peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. needed.
Australia is committed to a two-party solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and “we will not support an approach that undermines this possibility,” Mr Wong said.
Former Conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison formally recognized West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December 2018, although the Australian embassy remained in Tel Aviv.
The change happened after the then US President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, President Joe Biden has kept the embassy in Jerusalem as the US withdraws from its once-intense mediation between Israel and the Palestinians, who have not held substantive peace talks for more than a decade.
Mr Wong described Mr Morrison’s move out of step internationally and as a “reprehensible” attempt to win a by-election in a Sydney location with a large Jewish population.
Mr Morrison’s Liberal Party ran the Jewish candidate Dave Sharma, who lost the by-election but won the seat in the next general election.
Mr Morrison’s government was voted out of power in May after nine years in power.