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Israel’s foreign minister calls on NATO to expel Turkey
Israel’s foreign minister has called on NATO to expel Turkey as a member of the military alliance in a move likely to further raise tensions between the countries.
“In light of Turkish President Erdogan’s threats to invade Israel and his dangerous rhetoric, Foreign Minister Israel Katz instructed diplomats … to urgently engage with all NATO members, calling for the condemnation of Turkey and demanding its expulsion from the regional alliance,” the Foreign Ministry said.
On Sunday, Erdogan said Turkey might enter Israel as it had done in the past in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh although he did not spell out what sort of intervention he was suggesting.
“We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them,” Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling AK Party in his hometown of Rize.
Rights group slams US’s Kirby for Golan Heights comments
Earlier today, during a news conference, US National Security Adviser John Kirby suggested that the Golan Heights, an area occupied by Israel since 1967, is part of Israel’s territory.
The Arab American Institute says in a statement that those comments are “dangerous” and represent the first indication that the administration of President Joe Biden accepts and endorses the decision of former President Trump to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the territory.
Trump’s move made the US the first country to recognise Israel’s right to hold the Golan Heights.
“Rules-based order does not allow for the illegal annexation of occupied land – whether in Ukraine – or Syria, Palestine and Lebanon,” the group’s statement reads.
Australia holds public hearings into genocide bill amendment
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe says public hearings being held today are considering gaps in Australian law that affect Palestinians and Indigenous people seeking accountability for genocide.
In a statement before the hearings, Thorpe said her proposed amendment to the Australian Genocide Bill would remove the “fiat power” which allows the attorney general to “block prosecution of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity from proceeding in Australian courts”.
“My Bill helps get political interference out of our legal system, and gives victims and survivors of these most heinous crimes a better chance at justice,” said Thorpe, who is an Indigenous Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung senator from the state of Victoria.
“Whether you’re a Palestinian Australian who has seen your family murdered in Gaza, or a Black [Indigenous] mother wanting to hold this government to account for the ongoing removal of First Nations children, my bill will give people in this country a better chance for justice,” she said.
Thorpe says Australian law may not meet Australia’s international legal obligations
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