‘Virtue signalling’: Albanese govt’s Israel-Hamas war performance ‘very, very poor’

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Albanese government’s performance on the Israel-Hamas war has been “very, very poor” because of their “virtue signalling”. “If you’re sincere about this, you have to say the hostages will be released, and then we’ll have a ceasefire,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “If Hamas won’t release the hostages, therefore, you’re not putting demand on Israel to have a ceasefire. “What the UN are saying and what the Albanese government are saying – and I think their performance on this has really been very, very poor – they are saying that Israel must have a ceasefire no matter what Hamas does. “So what happens then, the day after the ceasefire is announced, Hamas continues to fire rockets at Israeli towns and continues to shoot at Israeli soldiers. “The whole of the international commentary is really a kind of … virtue signalling; it’s a kind of performative thing.”