Amid mounting international pressure on Israel to end its war in Gaza, there is growing diplomatic momentum in the West to recognize Palestinian statehood, with Australia becoming the latest to announce plans to do so.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that the country will recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly next month. Albanese said during a press conference Monday that he had spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week about needing “a political solution, not a military one” to the war in Gaza. Australia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said she spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ahead of the announcement.

“Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General

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