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Dreyfus’ trip to Israel makes a mockery of Labor’s foreign policy

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08.01.2025

“The role of the attorney-general in Australia, even in these partisan times, is to uphold the rule of law,” as the former Chief Justice Sir Anthony Mason said. So how can it be in any way compatible with that duty for Mark Dreyfus, the current holder of the office, to head to Israel and meet with a government that is committing genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?

This is a regime headed by a Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who, along with his erstwhile Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, is under threat of arrest via the mechanism of International Criminal Court warrants issued against them last year. A government that has murdered men, women, and children in Gaza in a grossly disproportionate response to the horror perpetrated by Hamas on 7 October 2023. A government that is starving a population, and destroying healthcare, including critical life-saving facilities.

If Dreyfus was going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin and his government, there would be an outburst of hysteria among members of the political class, the media and community groups.

But Putin’s conduct in the Ukraine is mild when viewed in the context of the evil of the........

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