Israel’s parliamentary Labor leader Isaac Herzog has called on his “sister” NSW Labor Party to reject a push to recognise a Palestinian state ahead of the party’s conference this weekend.
“I call upon my colleagues, and I trust that the leadership there, experienced and knowledge leadership of our sister party would understand that NSW should not pass through this resolution,” Isaac Herzog said.
Speaking exclusively to The Australian Financial Review from Jerusalem, the Labor leader in the Knesset slammed NSW Labor saying it doesn’t understand the complex politics of the Middle East.
“Labor in Israel is really the champion of the two state solution, we advocate adamantly the two state solution and that requires two to tango and the more one learns about the resolution you realise what is required is bold steps.”
Read the full article by Luke Malpass at the Australian Financial Review.