Australia expels Israeli diplomat
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Australia ordered the expulsion of an Israeli diplomat after an investigation concluded Israel forged four Australian passports used in the assassination of a senior Hamas leader.
Stressing that the decision was taken “much more in sorrow than in anger,” Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said May 24 that he had requested an unnamed diplomat to be withdrawn within one week.
“These are not the actions of a friend,” he said. “No government can tolerate the abuse of its passports, especially by a foreign government.”
Australia’s punitive reaction follows Britain’s action in March, expelling an Israeli security agent following an investigation that it said offered compelling evidence that Israel was behind the Jan. 20 assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a hotel in Dubai.
Expulsion of a diplomat is considered a very serious measure. — jta
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05/31/2010 at 07:46 AM
It’s funny how nobody objected to the actual operation where a cold-blooded killer met his Maker. The so-called “friendly” governments want Israel to do all the dirty work and then have a high moral ground about forged passports. This sickness that’s called “political correctness” is leading us to one logical place— Sharia Law. Is that what the people want??
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