The Holy City of Jerusalem seems a world away from Canberra, but for weeks now our politicians have become drawn into the contentious, and decades-long, dispute about the true central power in the Middle East.
Will our government follow the US in reversing decades of foreign policy, and move its diplomats from Tel Aviv?
Why has this come to the surface now? Why should Australians care?
In this week’s episode of Please Explain we ask: What’s going on with the embassy?
This episode, The Herald and The Age chief political correspondent David Crowe and Nick O’Malley, senior writer and former foreign correspondent, join host Tory Maguire to unpick the motives behind a potential move.
Download an mp3 version of the episode here.
Read the article and listen to report at The Sydney Morning Herald.