FM in Australia warns of “the risks that Palestine will not remain for recognition” | Israeli conflict news

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Benny Wong told the country that “there is a danger that Palestine was not left to recognize”, amid the destroyed Israel war on Gaza and increased violence against the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Wong, who did not indicate that Australia plans to change its position and get to know Mass protest In Sydney, hundreds of thousands of people gathered against the Israel war on Gaza.

The organizers said that between 200,000 and 300,000 people joined the protest via The iconic Sydney Port Bridge on Sunday. The police initially reported that about 90,000 people participated.

Wong said that the Australian government is involved in “the desire of peace and a ceasefire”, and that the huge turnout reflected “the horror of the Australian society broad” and “the distress of the Australians, as we see in Gaza, the catastrophic humanitarian situation, the death of women and children, and the collection of aid.”

However, he was asked whether Australia was considering taking any concrete measures, such as imposing sanctions on Israel, Wong said: “We do not speculate on the sanctions for a clear reason because they have a greater effect if it is not marked.”

She indicated that Australia has Penalties were already imposed On two right-wing ministers in the Netanyahu government, ITAMAR BEN-GVIR and Bezalel Smotrich, in June this year, as well as Israeli “extremist” settlers.

In the position of Australia regarding the Palestinian state, Wong said: “With regard to recognition, I said more than a year ago, it is the issue of Matthew, and not if.”

The Wong interview came at a time when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz is seeking to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of Sunday.

In response to questions about what he is planning to discuss with Netanyahu, Albanez said that he will once again express his support for the two -state solution.

Rowan Farf, Executive Director of the Australian Center for International Justice, said that the “only actions” that Albanez should discuss with Netanyahu “is a bilateral weapons trade between Australia and Israel, the standards of new sanctions, and Netanyahu’s single trip to (the International Criminal Court) for confrontation War crimes and crimes against humanity“.

Arraf wrote in a post on X. “He should not give legitimacy to the accused war criminal.”

While both Albanz Wong continued to emphasize the importance of a two -state solution, Australia has not yet followed other countries, including France and CanadaWho recently announced their plans to recognize the Palestinian state and join The vast majority of countries That is already doing it.

Albaniz also is a phone call to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, the first publicly registered call between the husband since November 2023, according to ABC.

In response to questions about the march of Sydney’s protest, Albanez said: “It is not surprising that many Australians have been affected in order to show their interest in people who deprive him of food, water and basic services.”

However, the state government in New South Wales, headed by the Labor Party in Albanez, sought to prevent a march from crossing the Sydney Port Bridge in the week before the protest.

The protest took place until after the state’s Supreme Court judge, Bellnda Reg, said that “the march on this site is driven by the belief that the horror of the situation in Gaza requires an urgent and unusual response from the people of the world and its urgency in Gaza.

“Evidence indicates great support for the march,” he added.

A number of Federal Labor Party ministers also participated in a march, in an indication of an increased division within the Albaniz Party.

Independent journalist Anthony Lennstein Al -Jazeera told the Sunday march that showed that the Australians “are frustrated because our government does not do more than talking at this stage.”

“People are very angry, not only with what Israel is doing in Gaza, but also in the complicity of the Australian government,” said Lewinchetein, who spoke on the march on Sunday.

He said that Australia “is part of the global supply chain of the FGHER Jet plane, which Israel uses on Gaza every day, and the parts that exist among those parts of the plane may come from Australia.”