Australia plans to recognise Palestinian state within days: Report | World News

Australian Prime Miner Anthony Albanese led government is all set to recognise a Palestinian state as early as Monday, following a similar move France, the UK and Canada, a report in Sydney Morning Herald stated.
PM Albanese could sign the move within days after the cabinet clears it on Monday, the report added, quoting unnamed sources. However, the office of the Australian prime miner has not responded to the development.
France and the UK last month said they would recognise a Palestinian state, which was followed the same announcement made Mark Carney led Canada. Though Britain said it would follow suit unless Israel addresses the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territories and reaches a ceasefire. The countries have set September as the deadline to recognise a Palestinian state.
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Israel, on the contrary, has condemned the decision taken its allies to recognise a Palestinian state, saying the action would amount to reward militant group Hamas that governs Gaza and had attacked Israel in October 2023 which led to a war in the region.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Miner Benjamin Netanyahu said that most of the Israeli citizens were against the establishment of a Palestinian state as they think it would bring war and not peace in the region, despite thousands of protesters and demonstrators demanding an end to war with a ceasefire and hostage deal.
“To have European countries and Australia march into that rabbit hole just like that, fall right into it…this is disappointing and I think it’s actually shameful but it’s not going to change our position,” Netanyahu said, reported Reuters.
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When asked reporters about his government’s stance on recognising a Palestinian state, Albanese said “I’ve said it’s a matter of when, not if.”
(with inputs from Reuters, Sydney Morning Herald)