In what can only be described as a whitewash, as expected the Israeli Defence Force has decided not to pursue criminal charges against its soldiers involved in the 2024 drone strike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom and six of her colleagues in Gaza. Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman was called into Parliament House by foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong and told that this decision was unacceptable to Australia. Newman refused to apologise, and as usual went on the defensive with rhetoric about “There are a lot of haters of Israel in Australia,”. Unfortunately this blatant act of a murderous war crime by Israeli soldiers of an innocent Australian citizen, followed by a whitewash, can only fuel that "hatred" Mr Newman likes to refer to.

In my opinion the Israeli ambassador should be expelled from Australia, and the Australian ambassador to Israel should be recalled.