Foreign Minister Wong orders ambassador called in over Israeli minister’s ‘shocking’ video

Foreign Minister Penny Wong ordered the Israeli ambassador, Hillel Newman, to be called into the department over a video posted by far right Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he insults and taunts detained members of the flotilla carrying aid for Palestinians.

Wong said on social media: “The images we have seen overnight are shocking and unacceptable”.

The video shows the activists keeling with their heads on the ground.

A gloating Ben-Gvir says: “Welcome to Israel, we are the landlords.”

“They came with much pride, as…

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