Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, to contribute to international momentum towards a two-state solution, a ceasefire in Gaza and release of the hostages.How does this work. How does recognition of "Palestine" contribute to a ceasefire in Gaza? How does it help release hostages?
It does the opposite. It makes Hamas more intransigent and it gives them much less incentive to release hostages. It is like saying "I will accept alchemy as a science because that will allow me to manufacture gold from inexpensive chemicals." Declaring it doesn't make it true.
Since 1947, Australia has supported Israel’s existence. In that year, Australia’s Foreign Minister Evatt chaired the UN committee that recommended the creation of two states side by side.Then, as now, the international community understood a two-state solution was the basis of peace and security for the peoples of the region.Australia was the first country to raise its hand at the United Nations in support of Resolution 181, to create the State of Israel – and a Palestinian state.More than 77 years later, the world can no longer wait for the implementation of that Resolution to be negotiated between the parties.
What happened in 1947? The Palestinian Arabs rejected the deal. They rejected statehood. Between the partition and 1948, they didn't do anything to build an Arab state in Palestine. Between 1948 and 1967, they didn't do anything to achieve independence from Jordan and Egypt. Since 2000, they rejected numerous offers for statehood.
Israel didn't stand in the way - the Palestinian leadership did.
What more does the world need to realize that Palestinians never wanted a state of their own, except as a means to destroy Israel? How many billions has Europe spent to help Palestinian governance - and what has it accomplished beyond a kleptocracy? If Palestinians wanted a state for their people to be free, why do they insist that they have the "right of return" to Israel where they would supposedly be second class citizens?
Most importantly, why is no one in the West asking these quite basic questions?
Hamas continues to damage the prospects of a two-state solution and rejects Israel’s right to exist. Hamas must release the hostages cruelly taken on October 7, 2023 immediately, unconditionally and with dignity. The Australian Government has consistently made clear there can be no role for Hamas in a Palestinian state.
OK, great. Now, presumably, the Palestinian state would be a democracy. What does Australia do when Hamas wins the elections? Because it has consistently outpolled Fatah in every poll since October 7 (as well as before.) Is democracy no longer a value?
This is what happens when wishful thinking and groupthink defeat actual thinking. The world is saying "things are bad, maybe this will solve it" without even considering "maybe this will not only make things worse, but the decisions we make today cannot be undone."
It is idiocy and will promote terror, but the only people who will be murdered initially as a result of these decisions are Jews, and who cares about them?
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