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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Australia backs UK decision to curb arms sales to Israel

Penny Wong
Australia’s foreign affairs minister Penny Wong is ‘coordinating’ with the UK to put pressure on Israel. Photograph: Joel Carrett/EPA

Australia is coordinating with the UK and other allies to “pressure” Israel to alleviate the suffering of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and to stop the erosion of longstanding norms protecting aid workers.

The Australian government has also explicitly backed the UK’s decision to curb arms exports to Israel, putting it at odds with the US, which is reported to have privately warned Britain against the move.

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