Australia to recognise Palestinian state in September

Australia announced a plan to recognize a Palestinian state in September, after similar moves by the United Kingdom, France and Canada.

Australian leader Anthony Albaniz said this step will take place in the United Nations General Assembly and after it has received obligations from the Palestinian Authority (PA), including canceling disruption, holding general elections and continuing to recognize the right of Israel to exist.

“The two -state solution is the best hope for humanity in breaking the cycle of violence in the Middle East and ending conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza,” he said on Monday.

Israel said, under increasing pressure to end the war in Gaza, in recognition that the Palestinian state “is equivalent to terrorism.”

Since Saturday, five people have died as a result of hunger and malnutrition in Gaza, thus reaching 217 deaths, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.

He also said that in total, more than 61,000 people were killed as a result of the military campaign of Israel since 2023.

Israel launched its attack in response to the Hamas -led attack on southern Israel on October 7 of that year, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

The Palestinian Authority, which controls parts of the West Bank occupied by Israel, stated earlier that the recognition of the state state indicates the increasing support for self -determination to its people.

Albaniz said that the decision was taken after his government received obligations from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that Hamas would not play any role in any future state.

Albaniz said this step also comes after talks with his counterparts in the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Japan in the past two weeks.

“There is a moment of opportunities here, and Australia will work with the international community to seize it,” the media told the media.

Last Sunday, a pro -Palestinians protest tens of thousands of supporters who He walked through the Sydney port bridgeA day after the court ruling allowed the demonstration to happen.

The United States has stated that it will not follow its example and believe that recognition of the Palestinian state will be a rewarding Hamas.

During the weekend, Vice President of the United States JD Vance He repeated the assertion that the United States had no plans to get to know a Palestinian stateQuoting the lack of a job government.

At a press conference on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the countries planning to recognize the Palestinian state.

He said, “The European and Australia countries will go to the rabbit hole … It is disappointing – and I think it is actually shameful,” he said.

“They know what they will do if, next to Melbourne or next to Sydney, I was subjected to this terrible attack. I think you will do at least what we are doing.”

Israel has been fire in recent days after that Plan to take over Gaza CityWith the condemnation of the United Nations ambassadors, this step that Netanyahu says is the “best way” to end the war.

Last year, Spain, Ireland and Norway officially recognized Palestine as a country, hoping to encourage the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.

The state of Palestine is currently being recognized by 147 UN member states 193.

At the United Nations, it has a “permanent observer state”, allowing participation but there is no voting rights.