Australia Sanctions the final trigger! that would break! Israel's back
Australian Labor prime minister Anthony Albanese has appeared to downplay the prospect of Australia imposing sanctions on Israel over its actions in blockading aid into Gaza, saying his government would “follow our own path” despite allies like the United Kingdom threatening further actions against Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration
Albanese shrugged off calls by a pro-Palestine group within Labor for targeted sanctions on Israel, saying he was focusing on “peace and security for both Israelis and Palestinians” rather than “soundbites”
But the Labor Member of Parliament and former cabinet minister Ed Husic again said his government should consider sanctions against those directing operations against Gaza while the former Labor foreign ministers Gareth Evans and Bob Carr also endorsed sanctions
“If we do have our friends move, we should be ready to work with them” Husic told Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC TV on Wednesday
The UK, France and Canada threatened to step up “concrete actions” against Israel in a joint statement last Monday — including “targeted sanctions” — after the country’s military intensified military strikes on besieged Gaza despite aid agencies warning the Palestinian population is being plunged further into malnutrition and closer to famine
For nearly three months, Israel has blocked food, fuel, medicine and all other supplies from entering Gaza, worsening a humanitarian crisis for 2.3 million Palestinians
Israeli troops on Tuesday opened fire near thousands of hungry Palestinians as a logistics group chosen by Israel to ship food into Gaza lost control of its distribution centre
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