{"id":1700805,"date":"2022-10-18T07:33:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700805"},"modified":"2022-10-18T07:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:33:57","slug":"australias-new-leftist-government-reverses-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-israel-responds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australias-new-leftist-government-reverses-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-israel-responds\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s New Leftist Government Reverses Recognition Of Jerusalem As Israel\u2019s Capital, Israel Responds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralias-new-leftist-government-reverses-recognition-of-jerusalem-as-israels-capital-israel-responds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1700805&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Australia\u2019s new leftist government announced Tuesday that it was reversing the decision by the previous conservative administration to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital city.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s Labor Party government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/australia-says-no-change-to-2018-recognition-of-west-jerusalem-as-israels-capital\/\">said<\/a> that it would recognize Tel Aviv as Israel\u2019s capital and demanded that Israel determine the city\u2019s status in peace talks with the Palestinians. The capital of Israel is all of Jerusalem, not just the western part of the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday the Government has reaffirmed Australia\u2019s previous and longstanding position that Jerusalem is a final status issue that should be resolved as part of any peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian people,\u201d Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/world-news\/global-affairs\/penny-wong-reverses-decision-to-recognise-west-jerusalem-as-capital-of-israel-with-the-australian-embassy-to-remain-in-tel-aviv\/news-story\/8a9d096976b207a89eff3d5598d15656\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cThis reverses the Morrison Government\u2019s recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wong claimed that Australia would not waver in its support of Israel even though the country was doing just that in announcing the reversal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regret that Mr Morrison\u2019s decision to play politics resulted in Australia\u2019s shifting position, and the distress these shifts have caused to many people in the Australian community who care deeply about this issue,\u201d Wong added.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid responded to the news in a statement questioning the very core of Australia\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the way this decision was made in Australia, as a hasty response to an incorrect report in the media, we can only hope that the Australian government manages other matters more seriously and professionally,\u201d Lapid said. \u201cJerusalem is the eternal and united capital of Israel and nothing will ever change that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Prime Minister Lapid:<br \/>&#8220;Jerusalem is the eternal and united capital of Israel and nothing will ever change that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/1582231234754682880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hours before announcing that Australia was no longer recognizing Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital city, a spokesperson for Wong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/australia-says-no-change-to-2018-recognition-of-west-jerusalem-as-israels-capital\/\">claimed<\/a> that there had been \u201cno decision to change that has been made by the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet hours later Wong was accusing former Prime Minister Scott Morrison of trying to manipulate the Jewish vote in Australia by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what this was? This was a cynical play, unsuccessful, to win the seat of Wentworth and a by-election,\u201d she claimed without evidence.<\/p>\n<p>The Jerusalem Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-719854\">reported<\/a> that Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry summoned Australian Ambassador Paul Griffiths to Jerusalem to be reprimanded over the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing of this morning\u2019s cabinet decision was clearly media driven,\u201d the\u00a0Executive Council of Australian Jewry said. \u201cThe status of Jerusalem is an important foreign policy issue and it is demeaning for Australia to have its international position changed in such a shoddy manner\u2026[It is] a gratuitous insult to a key economic and strategic ally, with no countervailing benefit for Australians. This is no way to treat an ally whose intelligence-sharing with Australia has prevented at least one terrorist attack against Australians that we know of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia\u2019s new leftist government announced Tuesday that it was reversing the decision by the previous conservative administration to recognize Jerusalem as Israel\u2019s capital city. Australia\u2019s Labor Party government said that it would recognize Tel Aviv as Israel\u2019s capital and demanded that Israel determine the city\u2019s status in peace talks with the Palestinians. 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