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Australia said it would no longer recognise West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Tuesday, a policy reversal that prompted a curt Israeli rebuke but was cheered by Palestinians. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the city’s status should be decided by Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, unwinding a contentious decision by the previous conservative government. The political director of the Israeli foreign ministry, Aliza Bin Noun, summoned Australia’s ambassador Paul Griffiths on Tuesday to express her country’s “deep disappointment” and to protest Canberra’s “surprising decision”. Bin No…