Israel criticises Labor’s draft Palestine policy in rare foreign intervention ahead of party conference

Per The Guardian, Israel's embassy in Canberra publicly criticized the Australian Labor party's draft Palestine policy ahead of this week's national conference. The embassy challenged proposed positions on settler violence in the West Bank and Palestinian territory annexation, arguing they risk unfairly blaming Israel for the Gaza conflict while insufficiently addressing Hamas's role. It's a rare instance of direct foreign intervention into an Australian major party's policy platform.

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