World leaders critical of Israel are ‘encouraging' Hamas
'The problem with Mr Albanese and Mr Starmer over here and the other leaders who are lashing out at Israel now, is that it is encouraging Hamas,' Mr Kemp told Sky News Australia.
'Hamas and the Israelis have been involved in peace talks in recent days, Hamas essentially pulled out of those peace talks … this is partly due to encouragement they have been given from international leaders.'
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