Labor hardening stance on Israel settlements shows it is afraid of being ‘humiliated’

The Labor Party hardening its stance on Israel settlements shows the government is afraid of being “humiliated or ambushed” at its own conference in Queensland, according to former Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma. “What’s dictating this is not even domestic policies in Australia, it’s internal Labor Party politics,” he told Sky News Australia. “That’s not normally how you make foreign policy decisions, normally they’re based upon Australia’s national interests.”