Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Monday that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September.

“Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority,” Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra.

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Those commitments from the Palestinian Authority included Hamas having no future role in a potential Palestinian state and government reform, among oth

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