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SyneRyderyesterday at 6:10 PM1 replyview on HN

Not that anyone is going to listen to Australia, but Australia believes it is part of the ceasefire terms that were agreed to:

Asked on 7.30 if the ceasefire should apply to Israel's action in Lebanon, [Australian Foreign Minister] Senator Wong was adamant it should. "Yes," she said. "Our position is that the world expects that the ceasefire should apply to the region."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/penny-wong-says-israe...


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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 6:14 PM

"Our position is that it should" is very different from "the text of their statement says". This is Senator Wong's (or Australia's) idea of what would happen in an ideal world, not anything anybody involved recognizes as relevant. (I mean, they may not recognize the text as being relevant, either, but this is a step below even that.)