Australia’s foreign secretary has suggested the country could accept Palestinian statehood, to increase speed towards harmony.
But Hamas could have no part in its leadership, Penny Wong said.
Both Australia’s criticism and the Zionist Federation of Australia say such a move may be unnecessary.
Canberra has long argued that a two-state alternative forged with Israel could only be achieved by acknowledging the existence of a Arab country.
A two-state alternative, where Israelis and Palestinians lived side by side in different nations, was” the only desire to break the endless loop of violence,” Ms Wong said in a speech on Tuesday night.
She said that there has been a lot of frustration as a result of the Netanyahu government’s refusal to also discuss the issue of a Palestinian state as a result of all events ‘ problems over the years.
The international community is now looking into the issue of Arab sovereignty as a way to create momentum for a two-state solution.
The opponent’s international affairs spokesman, Simon Birmingham, said it did not support for a shift and that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government was threatening to “break decades of republican American foreign plan”.
The Albanese administration’s claim to pre-emptively recognize a Palestinian state puts sovereignty before security is seen as a get by the terrorists who are to blame for the current heinous conflict, he said in a statement.
Any speak of recognizing Arab independence was “entirely early,” according to Zionist Federation of Australia leader Jeremy Leibler.
” Before any talk of statehood is credible, Hamas must be removed and a new generation of Palestinian leadership must emerge, which is n’t corrupt, do n’t condone violence and recognises Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state”, he said.
But, Ms. Wong argued that Ms. Wong’s claims that recognizing a Palestinian state would “reward the enemy” were “wrong.” Israel’s safety depends on a two- state answer, she said, and recognition of statehood had support destroy and marginalise Hamas.
About 140 countries recognise Israeli sovereignty, but some including the US, the UK, Germany and Australia do not.
This year, the UN is scheduled to start considering appointing Palestine as an “observer condition” to the global community.
The conflict in Gaza, Israel’s answer to a Hamas- led assault on 7 October that killed about 1, 200 people and saw more than 250 taken prisoner, has killed more than 33, 000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas- run wellness ministry. Some other Palestinians are feared to be in danger of starvation, and large portions of the country have been destroyed.