Kevin Rudd

Australia’s new deputy PM ‘very critical’ of Israel’s policies

Australia’s new deputy prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said he is “very critical of a lot of Israel’s policies” and is a founding member of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine group.

Rudd returning as head of Australian ruling party

Australia’s former prime minister, Kevin Rudd, who expelled an Israeli Mossad agent from Canberra in 2010, was re-elected to help the government remain in power.

Australia’s vote on Palestinian statehood in doubt

A Jewish legislator in Australia has cast doubt on a newspaper report suggesting that the country’s foreign minister recommended abstaining at the U.N. vote on Palestinian statehood.

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