Party first, country second in backward step on Middle East
Labor has decided to rewrite the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. What happens when the left of the party comes for the real prize, which would be to scuttle the AUKUS agreement?
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Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/dave-sharma/page/2