IN THE FACE OF GROWING GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER THE DIRE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN GAZA, AUSTRALIA HAS BECAME THE LATEST U.S. ALLY TO ANNOUNCE PLANS TO RECOGNIZE A PALESTINIAN STATE.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY THE PRIME MINISTER ANTHONY ALBANESE FOLLOWED SIMILAR DECLARATIONS FROM THE LEADERS OF FRANCE, BRITAIN AND CANADA.
CALLING ON HAMAS, TO RETURN ISRAELI HOSTAGES HELD SINCE THE OCT. 7, 2023 MASSACRE, THE PRIME MINSITER SAID HIS GOVERNMENT WILL WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO MAKE THE RIGHT OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD A REALITY, ADDING THAT A TWO-STATE SOLUTION IS HUMANITY’S BEST HOPE TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO BRING AN END TO THE CONFLICT, SUFFERING AND STARVATION IN GAZA.
MEANWHILE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU CRITICIZED AUSTRALIA AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FOR THE MOVE, ACCUSING THEM OF MARCHING INTO A “RABBIT HOLE.”
