Australia's government has taken an anti-Israel stance - opinion
The new announcement is just the latest in a number of steps the Australian government has taken to distance itself from Israel since its election in May last year.
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull hold a news conference in Jerusalem, in 2017. No previous Australian government has made a habit of using the term ‘occupied Palestinian territories,’ says the writer. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)By JAMIE HYAMS