Michael West Media · AAP · Tuesday 31 March 2026
Israel's ambassador to Australia has declined to apologise for peacekeeper deaths and defended his country's actions in Lebanon, while the Albanese government calls for an investigation it has no mechanism to enforce.
Australia 'urges a probe' the way a bystander urges someone to call an ambulance — loudly, publicly, and without reaching for the phone themselves. The ambassador declines to apologise and Canberra responds with the diplomatic equivalent of a strongly-worded fridge magnet. When your foreign policy consists entirely of expressing concern at people who've made clear they don't care, you haven't got a policy — you've got a coping mechanism.