The Albanese government’s reversal of the decision to recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “sneaky and underhand”, says Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“During the election campaign, Labor frontbencher, now the Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus, he said that Labor’s policy on Israel was the same as the Coalition’s,” Ms Credlin said.
“When the Department of Foreign Affairs’ website was surreptitiously altered, yesterday morning Penny Wong said she insisted nothing had changed.“One of the few entities to welcome the government’s decision was the terrorist group Hamas, that runs Gaza … is this the company that Labor really wants Australia to keep?”
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