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| Australia may move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem | Australia may move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem |
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| Australia could follow US president Donald Trump’s lead and move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. | Australia could follow US president Donald Trump’s lead and move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. |
| The prime minister, Scott Morrison, is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday as part of a foreign policy statement on Israel in Canberra. | The prime minister, Scott Morrison, is expected to make an announcement on Tuesday as part of a foreign policy statement on Israel in Canberra. |
| Morrison, an evangelical Christian, has credited the Liberal party’s Wentworth byelection candidate Dave Sharma, a former Australian ambassador to Israel, with raising the issue. | |
| “He’s arguing it can be done consistent with Australia’s long-running position ... He’s actually changing the way in which the issue is conceived,” Morrison told Fairfax Media. | “He’s arguing it can be done consistent with Australia’s long-running position ... He’s actually changing the way in which the issue is conceived,” Morrison told Fairfax Media. |
| Wentworth, the blue-ribbon Sydney electorate formerly held by Malcolm Turnbull, has a large Jewish community and voters will go to the polls this weekend. | Wentworth, the blue-ribbon Sydney electorate formerly held by Malcolm Turnbull, has a large Jewish community and voters will go to the polls this weekend. |
| Earlier this year the US moved its embassy, effectively recognising Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel. | Earlier this year the US moved its embassy, effectively recognising Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel. |
| Any move by Australia would be a departure from the position taken by Turnbull when he was prime minister and by the former foreign minister Julie Bishop. | Any move by Australia would be a departure from the position taken by Turnbull when he was prime minister and by the former foreign minister Julie Bishop. |
| So far only the US and its ally Guatemala have moved their embassies to Jerusalem. | So far only the US and its ally Guatemala have moved their embassies to Jerusalem. |
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