Foreign Minister Julie Bishop yesterday rejected a vote by Liberal council members to follow Donald Trump’s lead and move our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem:
Liberal Party members have called on the Turnbull Government to move Australia’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem…
More than 100 MPs and members are in Sydney for the Liberal Party’s annual federal council which is expected to be the last before the next federal election.
The council endorsed a motion moved by the Victorian division calling on the Turnbull Government to follow the US and move Australia’s embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told the conference she could understand the sentiment but declared Australia would not be moving its embassy to Jerusalem.
“Jerusalem is a final status issue and we have maintained that position for decades,” Ms Bishop said.
However, Ms Bishop’s intervention failed to convince the majority of the members and the motion passed 43 votes to 37.
None of the motions at the federal council is binding…
Read the full post on Andrew Bolt’s blog at the Herald Sun.