#jail sentence
You might be surprised to know that Egypt was considering boycotts against Australia last week. In an obscure Senate committee, the Australian government stated it was now referring to the Palestinian territories as “disputed” rather than “occupied”. After ambassadors from the Organization of the Islamic Conference (including Egypt) exerted diplomatic pressure and threatened trade sanctions, Australia back-tracked and “clarified its position”. As the Australian government responds to the jailing of Peter Greste for seven years for simply doing his job…
