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Australia To Become Pariah If Moves Embassy To Jerusalem - General Delegation Of Palestine
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published October 16, 2018 | 02:12 PM
The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific expressed its concern on Tuesday over the possible relocation of Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying that the move would make Canberra an outcast in the international community.
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th October, 2018) The General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific expressed its concern on Tuesday over the possible relocation of Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying that the move would make Canberra an outcast in the international community.
Earlier in the day, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that he was open-minded toward moving the country's embassy to Jerusalem, de facto recognizing the disputed city as the Israeli capital. Moreover, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said via his Twitter account on Monday that Morrison told him that he was considering moving the embassy to Jerusalem.
"We strongly urge the Morrison government to exercise caution and prudence towards this sensitive final-status issue, and to seriously consider the consequences of any such move .
.. breaking with decades-long bipartisan support and defying international law and multiple UN resolutions would make Australia an international pariah on this important foreign-policy issue," the embassy said in a statement published on its official website.
The United States and Guatemala are currently the only countries whose embassies in Israel are located in Jerusalem.
Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem to be their capital, however, the issue has not been resolved yet. Moreover, Palestine itself remains only partially recognized as a state, claiming the territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, along with the Gaza Strip.
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