Australia splits with US to back UN resolution demanding end to Israel occupation of Palestinian territories

Vote marks a change to the nation’s official stance held for more than two decades

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Australia has split with the US and voted with 156 other countries at the UN to demand the end of Israel’s “unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as rapidly as possible”.

The vote marks Australia’s return to the position for the first time in more than two decades.

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