‘I don’t think this was a good decision’: Labor’s Ed Husic holds ‘deep concerns’ over Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

MP also tells Guardian Australia’s Full Story podcast he backs peaceful protests against country’s actions in Gaza

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Labor MP Ed Husic has “deep concerns” about the impending visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, saying it is hard to reconcile concepts of social cohesion with the 2023 image of the leader signing an artillery shell about to be dropped on Gaza.

Husic said he did not believe it was a good decision for his Labor government to issue an invitation for Herzog to visit Australia, which was done in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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