Overview
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that Australia will formally recognize the State of Palestine at the UN General Assembly in September.
- The government says recognition is conditional on Palestinian Authority guarantees that Hamas will be excluded from any future Palestinian state.
- Australia joins France, Canada and the United Kingdom in a coordinated Western diplomatic initiative to revive the two-state framework.
- New Zealand has indicated it will decide by September whether to follow suit.
- Israel and United States officials have denounced the recognition plan as premature and accused it of rewarding terrorism.