The Israeli-Palestinian conflict matters more to Australians and Indonesians than either country’s foreign policy elite previously acknowledged. So, Canberra and Jakarta should cooperate to help resolve it. They should articulate a joint vision of the two-state solution and build international support for it. That could encourage, shape and shorten future Palestinian-Israeli negotiations.
The cliche that no one can want peace more than Israelis and Palestinians was never really true. The conflict’s global impact is now obvious. It’s straining social cohesion in Australia and…
