Labor factions split over government's decision to 'reclassify' East Jerusalem

By James Massola
June 19 2014 - 3:00am
Seen as too close to the so-called pro-'Israel lobby': Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Seen as too close to the so-called pro-'Israel lobby': Bill Shorten. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Federal Labor is split over the government's decision to reclassify East Jerusalem as ''disputed'' rather than ''occupied'', with the NSW branch of the ALP and its Left faction lining up against Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and the Victorian Right.

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