Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said Australia’s move to recognise a Palestinian state, alongside nations like the United Kingdom, Canada and France, offered “a chance to deliver self-determination for Palestine in a way that permanently disarms Hamas and drives them from the region once and for all.”
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, Albanese listed the conditions for Palestinian recognition, including the disarming and disempowering of Hamas, a commitment from Palestine affirming Israel’s right to exist, and the holding of democratic elections.
Anthony Albanese addresses the UN General Assembly in New York.Credit: Dominic Lorrimer
“Recognising the aspirations of the Palestinian people is about more than a seat, a voice and a vote in the councils of the world. It is about real hope for a place to call home. This is the same hope that sustained generations of Jewish people, the same hope that binds us all to our countries and cultures and drives us to want a better life for our children,” Albanese said.
“Working together, we can build a future where instead of children in Gaza dying in pain, living in fear or being taught to hate, they can go to school and build a life in larger freedom. That future depends on recognition being followed by reconstruction and reform, a credible cooperative peace plan, supporting recovery in Gaza and security for Israel, establishing governance and excluding Hamas on the day after, and every day after that. This is the next step we must take, and we must take it together.”
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