“For a crass domestic political win, Penny Wong has irreparably damaged our relations with our ally Israel.” Senator Wong’s comments about growing international momentum to recognise Palestine as a way of kick-starting the two-state solution peace process provoked a furious response from Jewish leaders, who said it rewarded terrorism. “The state of war exists because of the Iranian-backed jihadists that rule the Palestinians in Gaza and the ineptitude, corruption and generational glorification of violence in the West Bank,” Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Daniel Aghion said. “The reason the current Israeli government is less than enthusiastic about a two-state...