‘Window dressing’? Australia, New Zealand revisit recognising Palestine

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The move by Australia and New Zealand to consider Palestine as a state is a show of unity by the two neighbours in their Middle East policy and a “window-dressing of the worst kind”, according to observers.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday at a press conference in Sydney that his country would recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.“Australia will recognise the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the...