Australia’s Labor party outlined the government’s new position on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, by officially referring to them as illegal and the Palestinian territories as occupied. The Australian foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, first presented the new position to Labor lawmakers and senators on Tuesday, vowing more moves ...
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supports his decision to freeze a higher education plan for occupied East Al-Quds (Jerusalem), and reiterated that additionally he would not transfer “money previously set aside for economic development in Arab local authorities.” Smotrich was asked about his ...
