میدل-ایست-آیAustralia's Albanese rejects Netanyahu comment that Palestine recognition prompted terror attack
Australia's Albanese rejects Netanyahu comment that Palestine recognition prompted terror attack
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese rejected prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's accusation that Canberra's recognition of Palestinian statehood fuelled antisemitism following the deadly shooting in Sydney.
In an interview with ABC News, Albanese said he doesn't accept a link between Palestine's recognition and the shooting attack at the Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach.
"Overwhelmingly, most of the world recognizes a two-state solution as being the way forward in the Middle East," he said.
"This has been an extraordinarily traumatic 24 hours," he said. "My job is to provide support for the Jewish community, is to make it clear that Australians overwhelmingly stand with the Jewish community at this difficult time."
