Israel decision has seen Australia ‘pivot’ away from ‘moral clarity’

Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Michael Rubin says it is difficult to understand why Australia would “so willingly haemorrhage its credibility … for essentially nothing” by no longer recognising West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

“What Australia did was … ignored the last 10 years of the peace process and all the progress which has been made,” he told Sky News Australia.

“Labor may think this is about Jerusalem.

“But in the rest of the world, we’re seeing Australia pivot away from responsibility, from moral clarity, to become a real wildcard.”