Politics Now: Australia backs away from joining France in recognising Palestine as state: PM
Anthony Albanese said support for Palestinian statehood was contingent on a ‘structure’ in which Hamas had no part, while also slamming the ‘indefensible’ civilian death toll in Gaza in a moral condemnation of Israel later echoed by Penny Wong.
Welcome to The Australian’s live politics blog, Politics Now, as Anthony Albanese resists joining France’s movement to recognise a Palestinian state by September.
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