Former Kiribati president says Pacific Islands Forum-Israel partnership not 'morally defensible'
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Anote Tong serves as the chair of the Pacific Elders' Voice. He stated that the partnership between the Pacific Islands Forum and Israel is not morally defensible. Tong rejected the argument that religious affinity can justify this specific partnership.
Anote Tong, who is the chair of the Pacific Elders' Voice, says the argument that religious affinity justifies the Pacific Islands Forum's partnership with Israel does not stack up.