08/11/2025August 11, 2025
Australia to recognize Palestinian state at UN in September
is set to recognize a at the UN General Assembly in September, the country’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
“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 on Monday.
“Until Israeli and Palestinian statehood is permanent, peace can only be temporary. Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own. We will work with the international community to make this right a reality,” Albanese added.
The announcement follows a push from other Western countries, including the , and , to recognize after Israel launched its war on Gaza nearly two years ago in response to Hamas attacks.
“There is a moment of opportunity here, and Australia will work with the international community to seize it,” Albanese said.
He added that Australia’s decision was based on reassurances from the Palestinian Authority that there would be “no role for the terrorists of Hamas in any future Palestinian state.”
The Palestinian Authority, however, does not control Gaza, which has been governed by Hamas for nearly two decades.
Following Australia’s announcement, Israel’s embassy in Canberra told the AFP news agency the ambassador was “unavailable” to comment.
Just hours earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized international calls to recognize Palestinian statehood, saying it would “not bring peace, it will bring war.”
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