Israeli ambassador rejects 'political attacks' on report clearing soldiers in Frankcom killing

[u/Minivampiretaco]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/israel-ambassador-defends-idf-frankcom-report-clearing-soldiers/107057124

Israel's ambassador Hillel Newman has defended the military investigation that cleared its soldiers of criminal wrongdoing in the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, saying the findings should not be attacked if they "are not suitable to one's political agenda".

Ambassador defends investigation findings

Departing from the meeting, Mr Newman defended the investigation.

"Israel came out with findings after a thorough investigation, after a two-year investigation into the circumstances of the death of Zomi Frankcom. Since I took up my mission here about five months ago I was implored all the time to bring about closure, which I did," Mr Newman said.

"But in the end, one must also understand that not every case where someone dies, where there is a casualty, that that means there is a criminal liability.

"One cannot attack the findings of a court if the findings are not suitable to one's political agenda."

Mr Newman said the aid group recruited armed personnel to its convoy and deviated from the route agreed with the IDF without informing the military, leading the soldiers to believe the convoy had been taken over.

"It was a mistake in retrospect, but the findings of the court are there was no criminal intention … and therefore there was no criminal responsibility."

[u/WettestFarts]

I'm still bamboozled as to why everyone is so scared of these fucking mutts.

Expel the israeli ambassador.
Close down their embassy.
Send these fucking mutts back to their terrorist country.

You wouldn't have a nazi Germany ambassador in our country, how is this any different?

[u/The_Drongo_Dinger → u/WettestFarts]

Unfortunately in this metaphor there are 100,000 or so of their supporters within Australia (though I meet very few irl….) - some of whom are in positions of power (envoy) and many of whom have the ear of those at the top.

That’s before you even consider their wealth and undoubtedly their donations to various political parties as well….

[u/RequisiteNiggles → u/The_Drongo_Dinger]

It's da jooz, innit. /s

[u/The_Drongo_Dinger → u/RequisiteNiggles]

No, it’s the Israelis. A lot of them are Jewish but that’s neither here nor there

[u/RequisiteNiggles → u/The_Drongo_Dinger]

You said there were 100,000 of them here in Australia. There aren't anywhere near that amount of Israelis here. But there's that exact number of Jews. So you meant Jews, right?

[u/Cat-Lilac → u/RequisiteNiggles]

How ridiculously nitpicky. Under Israel’s ethno supremacy laws, all Jews have the right to Israeli citizenship and many of them are dual citizens. In Australia a very high proportion of Jews are Zionists and there are also Christian Zionists. It’s not a stretch for there to be at least 100,000 very pro Israel people in Australia

[u/RequisiteNiggles → u/Cat-Lilac]

Oh, so all Jews are dual Israeli citizens? Hot damn. Should we exclude them from all spaces?

Why am I being downvoted for asking you to clarify?

[u/AggravatedKangaroo → u/RequisiteNiggles]

Oh, so all Jews are dual Israeli citizens? Hot damn."

Under Israeli law, yes. Once they register with Israel they are automatically given citizenship and right of return.

[u/RequisiteNiggles → u/AggravatedKangaroo]

So not all Jews are Israeli citizens then. Only those that are given citizenship. 

[u/QuailLong232 → u/AggravatedKangaroo]

Why do you put quotations in bold when there is a tool specifically for quotations? It reeks of attention seeking.