Australian legislator urges government to recognise Palestinian statehood
Ed Husic, a federal member of parliament from the governing Labour Party, has urged the Australian government to recognise the state of Palestine.
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.
Protesters called for an end to Israel’s invasion of Gaza, in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday
Trump expects a Thank you for supporting militarizing aid for ethic cleansing purposes with daily massacres of aid seekers.
Trump says he expected ‘thank you’ for donations to GHF
In response to a question from a reporter on whether Israel should be doing more to allow food into Gaza, Trump said: “We gave $60m two weeks ago for food for Gaza, and nobody acknowledged it.”
“You know, you really at least want to have somebody say thank you. No other country gave anything,” he said. “None of the European countries, by the way, gave. I mean, nobody gave but us.”
Trump appears to have been referring to US donations to the US- and Israel-backed GHF.
The controversial agency has been heavily criticised by the UN and other humanitarian organisations for failing to provide enough aid and for the dire security situation at and around its aid points. Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians as they were trying to access food in Gaza since the GHF began operations at the end of May.
