Australian Aid Kild in Gaza while Distributing Food



Speaking at the United Nations, as leaders met on Monday to promote Palestinian statehood, the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese cited an Australian aid worker killed in Gaza, along with journalists and "tens of thousands of civilians," 

Australia, Britain, and Canada on Sunday recognized Palestine, joining more than three-quarters of the 193 UN members who already recognize a Palestinian state, a move opposed by the United States and Israel.

Australia was the first United Nations member to vote 78 years ago for the plan that made Israel's statehood possible, and continued to stand with the Jewish people against anti-semitism, Albanese told the meeting.

"The Israeli Government must accept its share of responsibility" for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where tens of thousands of civilians had been killed, he said.

"Aid workers have been killed trying to deliver humanitarian assistance, including Australian Zomi Frankcom," he said, noting also the journalists "killed trying to bring the truth to light."

Albanese's center-left Labor government had decided to recognize Palestine based on commitments from the Palestinian Authority that Hamas would hand over its weapons and have no role in a future state, and that elections would be held, he added.

Albanese is attending the United Nations General Assembly for the first time. Despite earlier hopes the trip would provide an opportunity for his first meeting with Trump, an important security ally, Australia did not appear among the countries listed by the White House on Monday for bilateral meetings in New York.

Australian media outlets on Tuesday reported this as a "snub," after Trump a week earlier told reporters that Albanese would be coming for a visit to see him "very soon".




Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Taylor Swift: 'White supremacy is repulsive. There is nothing worse'

Tulsi Gabbard says impeachment of Trump would be 'terribly divisive' for country

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko has now treated 699 coronavirus patients with 100% success

ORIGIN OF THE AKAN - Onyeji Nnaji

GARDEN OF EDEN FOUND IN WEST AFRICA - Onyeji Nnaji

Marine Charged for Facebook Comments Gets Hearing Date

EGYPTIANS LAMBAST NIGERIAN FOOTBALLERS OVER ‘FREQUENT’ PROTESTS

TYPES OF PREPOSITION - Onyeji Nnaji

THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF NSUKKA by Onyeji Nnaji