Australia ‘could feel pressure from Trump to back Israel’

The Albanese government has tried to steer a middle ground on Middle East conflict, which has angered Jewish and Muslim voters.

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Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Incoming US president Donald Trump’s administration could push Australia to be more supportive of Israel, adding a new source of pressure on Anthony Albanese as he tries to avoid alienating Muslim supporters of Labor. The two most immediate foreign policy crises Trump inherits are Russia’s war on Ukraine and the Middle East conflict , where Israeli troops are in Gaza and Lebanon fighting pro-Iranian terror groups.

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