Labor hedge their bets on UN Israel resolution

By Amy Remeikis
Updated December 31 2016 - 2:13am, first published 1:07am
President Barack Obama with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in 2015. Photo: Andrew Harnik
President Barack Obama with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in 2015. Photo: Andrew Harnik
Julie Bishop said the government had ''consistently not supported one-sided resolutions targeting Israel''. Photo: Andrew Meares
Julie Bishop said the government had ''consistently not supported one-sided resolutions targeting Israel''. Photo: Andrew Meares
"We recognise Israel's right to exist within secure and recognised borders and we recognise the Palestinian aspirations for a state of their own": Labor's Jim Chalmers Photo: Glenn Hunt
"We recognise Israel's right to exist within secure and recognised borders and we recognise the Palestinian aspirations for a state of their own": Labor's Jim Chalmers Photo: Glenn Hunt

Labor has doubled down on its opposition to Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, a day after the Turnbull government broke with the Obama administration over a controversial UN resolution.

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