‘World’s Worst Signal’ to Hamas: Australia Should Oppose UN Palestine Vote, Birmingham

Published on May 10, 2024

Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham has called on Australia to stand by its friendship with Israel and vote against a motion providing Palestine with more privileges. However, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong is remaining tight-lipped ahead of the U.N. General Assembly vote on May 10, which will decide whether Palestine will be recognised as a U.N. state. The draft resolution up for debate (pdf) states that the “State of Palestine is fully qualified for membership in the United Nations.” In its current form, the resolution does not mention Hamas. However, it does reaffirm the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the “right to their independent State of Palestine.”...

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