“Throughout this conflict, Australia has supported calls for a ceasefire because every innocent life matters. Every Israeli life. Every Palestinian life,” he said.
“Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed. Desperate people, including children, denied vital aid. Aid workers killed. Journalists killed trying to bring the truth out.”
Albanese also condemned Israel’s “continued illegal expansion of settlements… and an increase in settler violence” in the occupied West Bank as well as “threats to annex parts of Palestine, and permanently displace the Palestinian people”.
“Such conduct risks putting a two-state solution beyond reach,” he said. “That is where the current road leads. We must choose a different path. We must break this cycle of violence and build something better.”
Recognizing Palestine Amid Israel’s Escalating Aggression: Qatar
Hossein Vaez
