Australian legislator urges government to recognise Palestinian statehood
In an op-ed published in the Guardian Australia, Husic hailed France's plan to recognise Palestinian statehood and wrote: 'This is the moment for our nation to take a similar stand.'
'The fact that only over the weekend the Netanyahu government is allowing 'minimal' aid into the territory demonstrates that the actions of the French government mattered, they made a difference,' added the lawmaker, who was until recently a minister in the Australian Labor government.
Husic's article comes after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia is not planning to 'imminently' recognise Palestinian statehood, even as he acknowledged that Israel is 'quite clearly' breaching international law by stopping food from reaching Gaza.
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