Australia to recognize the 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 Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz said this step will take place at the United Nations General Assembly and after it has received obligations from the Palestinian Authority.

“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, which is under increasing pressure to end the war in Gaza, said to admit 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.

He added that his decision comes after talks with his counterparts in the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Japan in the past two weeks.