Australia to recognise Palestinian state

Australia To Back Palestinian State at UN

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the decision in Canberra Monday.

Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the upcoming UN General Assembly meeting in September, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared on Monday. "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," he told reporters in Canberra. "Until Israeli and Palestinian statehood is permanent, peace... "