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Australian PM dismisses ‘predictable’ Israeli and US criticism of sanctions on Ben Gvir, Smotrich
[IsraelTimes] Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese …an uncreatively typical Jew-hating, native Ozzie-hating labour socialist politician who looks to harm Israel in ways large and small whenever the chance arises. Ditto for his own people… says condemnation by the US and Israel of sanctions imposed on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers is “predictable,” and that the two men have impeded a two-state solution.“The Israeli Government does need to uphold its obligations under international law and some of the expansionist rhetoric that we’ve seen as well is clearly in contradiction of that from these hard-line right wing members of the Netanyahu government,” Albanese says on Wednesday in an interview with ABC Radio Sydney. Comments by the two men “have aided what is a serious impediment to a two-state solution,” he adds. The sanctions freeze the assets and impose travel bans on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, both West Bank settlers, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says. “We, along with those other countries and the broader international community, believe we can only see peace in the Middle East when we deal with two states and when both Israelis and Palestinians can live in peace and security,” she says in a television interview with Seven. Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, writes on X that the sanctions are “deeply concerning and entirely unacceptable.” Related: Anthony Albanese 06/09/2025 Australia blocks visit by Israel activist Hillel Fuld, causing diplomatic uproar Anthony Albanese 06/02/2025 Australian Imam who apologized for antisemitic sermon now calls to ‘kill all oppressors’ Anthony Albanese 05/13/2025 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 12, 2025 Posted by: trailing wife 2025-06-11 |
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