Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists

Foreign affairs minister joins condemnation of Itamar Ben-Gvir after the Israeli national security minister shared video mocking detainees Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has condemned the actions of a far-right Israeli minister who posted a video of himself abusing bound activists captured while trying to sail an aid flotilla to Gaza. Wong joined international condemnation of the footage , which shows Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, waving an Israeli flag and mocking and taunting the detainees, including shouting: “The people of Israel live” in the face of one bound man. Continue reading...

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