Bill Shorten raises settlements ‘clearly and unambiguously’ in meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has conveyed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Labor’s concern about Israel’s construction of settlements in occupied territories, in a meeting he described as “warm and productive”.

Mr Shorten – flanked by foreign affairs spokeswoman Penny Wong, shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus and Melbourne Ports MP Michael Danby on Friday – also raised Labor’s support for a two-state solution, an outcome that Mr Netanyahu’s government has backed away from in recent years.

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