Assistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs Julian Hill has defended Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision not to impose an import ban on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank after a dozen countries, led by the UK, imposed trade sanctions earlier this week.
“I’ve been extremely outspoken against … increasing settler violence and murder of Palestinians for many years now. This is against international law, and the current Israeli government’s policies and actions are unconscionable,” Hill told ABC’s Radio National this morning.
“The government has already taken significant steps with sanctioned Israeli…
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