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

Peter Dutton wrong to claim Australia was consulted on ICC pursuit of Israeli leaders, Labor says

Peter Dutton
Opposition leader Peter Dutton claimed Australia was consulted on the ICC prosecutor’s pursuit of Israeli leaders but Dfat says that did not occur. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

The Australian government has flatly rejected Peter Dutton’s claim that it was consulted by the international criminal court regarding the pursuit of Israeli leaders over their conduct of the war in Gaza.

The opposition leader has repeatedly urged the government to publicly condemn what Dutton has called the ICC prosecutor’s “terrible decision” to apply for arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and th defence minister, Yoav Gallant.

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