Decision by the Government of Australia to withdraw recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Peter Khalil MHR, Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Parliament of Australia, 25 October 2022

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Mr KHALIL (Wills) (16:49): Notwithstanding the last speaker, the previous speakers in the opposition have not been able to acknowledge, or won’t admit to, three things about this MPI. No. 1: they won’t acknowledge that the government’s policy is actually a reaffirmation of the longstanding bipartisan policy of successive Australian governments that has been in…

Decision by the Government of Australia to withdraw recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Josh Burns MHR, Parliament of Australia, 25 October 2022

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Mr BURNS (Macnamara) (16:39): I’ll begin my remarks by talking about my grandfather, who was in Israel at its early inception in 1948 and then lived on a kibbutz with my grandmother in the 1950s. They were one of the first generations of people who were trying to turn a barren desert into a country.…

Decision by the Government of Australia to withdraw recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Hon. Dr Aly MHR, Australian Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth, Parliament of Australia, 25 October 2022

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Dr ALY (Cowan—Minister for Early Childhood Education and Minister for Youth) (16:19): May I start by reiterating the disappointment that the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed in having to speak to this MPI today. But I also stand to speak on this out of a sense of duty, if I may say so. The…