Australia joins other countries in advocating for the formal recognition of a Palestinian state, believing it could restart the Middle East peace process and weaken extremist forces in the region.
SYDNEY — Australia on Tuesday became the latest country to advocate formal recognition of a Palestinian state, further shattering a long-standing diplomatic taboo in the West.Foreign Minister Penny Wong said that recognizing a state of Palestine could restart the moribund Middle East peace process and undermine extremist forces in the Middle East.
With war raging, Hamas in control of Gaza and Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government installed in Israel, the prospects of a peace process have rarely looked dimmer.But after Hamas' October 7 attacks and Israel's searing response during six months of attacks on Gaza, diplomats are reconsidering once-contentious ideas.
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