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

US group campaigning against Australia’s reversal of recognition of West Jerusalem as Israeli capital

Jerusalem's Old City
Jerusalem's Old City. A US pro-Israel group is campaigning to reverse the Australian government’s decision to no longer recognise West Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.
Photograph: Ilan Rosenberg/Reuters

A US-based pro-Israel group has launched a campaign against the Albanese government’s decision to revoke recognition of West Jerusalem as the capital – and now plans to expand its operations in Australia.

But the campaign has sparked accusations that the Los Angeles-based organisation was “trying to trick the Australian government into thinking that the only way to be pro-Israel was to follow the Trump playbook”.

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