From: The Australian November 18, 2024 Australia is party to UN anti-Israel shame The International Criminal Court has never investigated any dictators, but it has helped them punish their political opponents.
From: skynews.com.au November 17, 2024 Sky News host Rowan Dean has called Foreign Minister Penny Wong “disgusting and disgraceful” for voting against Australia’s ally Israel in a vote recognising ‘permanent sovereignty’ for Palestinians in occupied territory.
From: 9News November 15, 2024 Australia has voted to recognise Palestinians' "permanent sovereignty" over their natural resources in a significant foreign policy shift that breaks with the US and Israel.
US political adviser to the UN Nicholas Koval said his country was disappointed the committee criticised the resolution as "unbalanced" and "unfairly critical of Israel, demonstrating a clear and persistent institutional bias".
"One-sided resolutions will not help advance peace. Not when they ignore the facts on the ground," he said.
"One-sided resolutions are purely rhetorical documents that seek to divide us at a time when we should be coming together. And one we must not cling to longstanding lines of division."
