Australian Zionist groups at odds over criticism of government’s language on Palestinian territories

The status of Jerusalem is among the contested matters invoked by the Zionist Federation of Australia in its criticism of the Australian government’s change of language. Photograph: Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters

The Zionist Federation of Australia is facing dissent from some of its affiliate organisations after it attacked the Albanese government’s new language on Israel and the Palestinian territories.

On Tuesday the government announced its decision to harden Australia’s opposition to “illegal” Israeli settlements and to adopt the use of the term “Occupied Palestinian Territories”.