Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale has slammed the Prime Minister\u2019s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem as the Israeli capital as a foolish move that undermines genuine efforts at peace.
\n\u201cThe Prime Minister was roundly condemned when he first flagged this irresponsible thought bubble during the Wentworth by-election.\u00a0\u00a0The fact that he has refused to back down in the face of overwhelming criticism, including from his own hand-picked advisory panel, is Trumpesque in its stupidity,\u201d Di Natale said.
\n\u201cThe Greens have said time and time again that recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital is another body blow for the peace process and for the Palestinian people. This decision rewards Israel\u2019s Netanyahu Government for policies like rampant settlement building that not only break international law but also severely diminish the prospects of peace.
\n\u201cOnce again we are blindly following Donald Trump\u2019s dangerous foreign policy agenda, with a decision that has already been near-universally rejected \u2013 by the United Nations, European and Middle Eastern leaders and religious leaders.
\n\u201cLike the rest of the sensible international community, the Greens unequivocally condemn today\u2019s decision. We urge the Australian Labor Party to confirm that they will overturn it as soon as it forms Government next year.\u00a0\u00a0The best way to advance the prospect of peace in Israel and Palestine is to recognise a Palestinian state, and I sincerely hope that the ALP chooses to follow the advice of their foreign policy elders and commit to this policy at their national conference in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Leader of the Australian Greens Dr Richard Di Natale has slammed the Prime Minister\u2019s decision to formally recognise West Jerusalem as the Israeli capital as a foolish move that undermines genuine efforts at peace. \u201cThe Prime Minister was roundly condemned when he first flagged this irresponsible thought bubble during the Wentworth by-election.\u00a0\u00a0The fact that he … Continue reading “Greens slam \u2018Trumpesque\u2019 decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israeli capital”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}