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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler

Australia to officially resume use of term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’, reversing Coalition stance

Palestinian protester confronts Israeli soldiers
A Palestinian protester confronts Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israeli settlements in Beit Dajan near the West Bank city of Nablus. The Australian government will resume using the term ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’, foreign minister Penny Wong has told colleagues. Photograph: Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

The Australian government will reinstate the term “Occupied Palestinian Territories”, vowing to strengthen its objections to “illegal” Israeli settlements before next week’s Labor party national conference.

The move sparked claims from the Coalition opposition that “the faceless men and women of the Labor party” were dictating foreign policy, but the government maintained it was acting in line with Australia’s key allies.

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