(CANBERRA, Australia ) — Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday that he was open to shifting the Australian Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in line with President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize the contested holy city as Israel’s capital. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the idea was suggested to him by a former ambassador to Israel, Dave Sharma, who is a candidate for Morrison’s conservative Liberal Party in a crucial by-election Saturday in a Sydney electorate with a large Jewish population. Morrison said Australia remained committed to finding a two-state solution to Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians. “When sensible suggestions are put forward that are consistent with your policy positioning and in this case pursuing a two-state solution, Australia should be open-minded to this and I am open-minded to this and our government is open-minded to this,” Morrison told reporters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had recently spoken to Morrison and welcomed the Australian policy shift. Morrison “informed me that he is considering officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel & moving the Australian embassy to Jerusalem.
Australia Considers Moving Its Israel Embassy To Jerusalem, In Tandem With President Trump
Rod McGuirk / AP, Time: World
Mon, 10/15/2018 - 7:36pm
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