Australia de-friends Israel after second ID and passport counterfeiting theft |
First 5 of 5 paragraphs shown The diplomatic Facebook was re-edited as Stephen Smith, ALP member for Perth, Austraslian Minister for Foreign Affairs said 24 May 2010, he de-friended Israel, after it was proven Israel had stolen Australian indenties and used these as cover to kill a person in Dubai. - Smith said ‘No government can tolerate the abuse of its passports, especially by a foreign government”. Outrage: ‘This represents a clear affront to the security of our passport system. Nor can we tolerate the abuse by a foreign government of the personal details of the Australian nationals concerned. Israel defriended for doing it twice: ‘These are not the actions of a friend. I regret to advise the House that this is not the first occasion that Australian passports have been misused by Israeli authorities. The Dubai passports incident also constitutes a clear and direct breach of confidential understandings between Australia and Israel dating back some years. This is not what we expect from a nation with whom we have had such a close, friendly and supportive relationship’. ...Log in to read rest of Article or image. |