The Israeli embassy has criticised Labor’s draft Israel-Gaza platform ahead of this week’s national conference, warning it places too much responsibility on Israel.

The Israeli embassy has made an extraordinary intervention in Australian domestic politics, criticising aspects of the draft party platform on the Israel-Gaza conflict that goes to Labor’s national conference in Adelaide this week.

In a long statement issued Monday, the embassy said several of its elements “risk placing responsibility for the conflict on one party while giving insufficient attention to the decisions, conduct and continuing obligations of the Palestinian leadership and terrorist organisations such as Hamas”.

The intervention is likely to stir anger in sections of the Labor party, in which Gaza is a highly sensitive issue and pro-Palestinian feeling is strong.

Those managing the conference anticipate a debate on the issue but have hoped to keep it as low key as possible.

The draft, much beefed up and expanded from the previous platform,........

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