Australia Plans to Recognize Palestine State, Albanese Says

Australia will formally recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations summit in September, breaking with close ally the US as concern mounts over Israel’s plans for a military campaign in parts of the Gaza Strip.

“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,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters at Parliament House in Canberra following a Cabinet meeting on Monday.