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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reveals details on telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the leader of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, was “in denial” suffering inflicted on GazaAnd the international community now says: “enough is enough”.
One day after announcing that Australia will recognize the Palestinian state Next month, in the United Nations Albanese said that frustration towards the Israeli government in the midst of the disastrous humanitarian situation in Gaza had contributed to Australia’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state.
“(Netanyahu) still reiterated me what he also said publicly, which must be denied on the consequences that occur for the innocents,” said Albanese in an interview with the ABC state broadcaster on Tuesday.
Albanese said that he spoke with Netanyahu last week to inform him of Australia’s decision to join France, Canada and the United Kingdom by recognizing a Palestinian state at the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in September.
Netanyahu, he said, continued to make the same arguments he presented last year concerning the conduct of the War of Israel against Gaza, which has now killed more than 61,500 Palestinians since October 2023.
“That if we just have more military action in Gaza, this will somehow produce a different result,” said Albanese, telling his call with the Israeli chief, according to ABC News.
Announcing on Monday the decision of Australia to recognize the Palestinian state, Albanese said that “the risk of trying is nothing compared to the danger of letting this moment pass us”.
“The balance sheet of the status quo increases day by day, and it could be measured although innocent,” said Albanese, adding that the decision was taken within the framework of a “coordinated global effort” on the two-state solution, which he had discussed with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, New Zealand and Japan.
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“A two-state solution is the best hope of humanity to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and end the conflict, suffering and famine in Gaza,” he said.
“It seems very clearly to me … We need a political solution, not a soldier,” he said.
Albanese had declared last month that he would not be drawn on a calendar for the recognition of a Palestinian state and that he was previously suspicious of a reaction of public opinion in Australia, which has important Jewish and Muslim minorities.
But the public atmosphere has changed sharply in Australia against the War of Israel against Gaza.
Tens of thousands of demonstrators crossed the Harbor de Sydney bridge this month, asking that aid deliveries be authorized to enter Gaza while the humanitarian crisis is getting worse and the soldiers of Israel continue to block emergency efforts.
Israel also plans to take military control from Gaza City, to risk the lives of more than a million Palestinians and to encourage what a senior United Nations is “another calamity” because the deaths of famine and malnutrition continue to develop through the enclave.
“This decision is motivated by the popular feeling in Australia, which has changed in recent months, with a majority of Australians wishing to see an imminent end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” said Jessica Genauer, lecturer in international relations at Flinders University, at the Reuters press agency.
