Australia will acknowledge a Palestinian state, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned Monday (August 11, 2025), becoming a member of the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signalling they’d accomplish that.
His remarks adopted weeks of urging from inside his Cabinet and from many in Australia to acknowledge a Palestinian state and amid rising criticism from officers in his authorities over struggling and hunger in Gaza. Australia’s authorities has additionally criticised plans introduced in current days by Israeli chief Benjamin Netanyahu for a recent, sweeping navy offensive in Gaza.
Mr. Albanese advised reporters after a Cabinet assembly on Monday (August 11, 2025) that Australia’s resolution to acknowledge a Palestinian state will be formalized on the United Nations General Assembly in September. The acknowledgement was “predicated on commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority,” Mr Albanese mentioned.
Those commitments included no function for Hamas in a Palestinian authorities, demilitarization of Gaza and the holding of elections, he mentioned.
“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,” Mr. Albanese mentioned.
