[Australian Jewish News] Yossi Aron - Australia must set an example in the West by its continued refusal to appease Israel's enemies, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told a Jewish audience in Melbourne earlier this month. Downer said Australia must continue to actively oppose, rather than merely abstain from, anti-Israel resolutions at the UN. "We are always being told the best thing for diplomacy is to...abstain....And I say, Let's vote against it because it is wrong. The more we and other countries stand up to this sort of behavior, the more we stand a chance of success; the more we try to appease, the more [anti-Israel resolutions] we will encourage."
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