Australia and New Zealand ready to recognize the Palestinian state: a camouflet for Israel in the full genocide in Gaza

Under the growing pressure of solidarity movements and faced with the horror in progress in Gaza, Australia takes a historic step: its Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that Canberra will officially recognize the state of Palestine during the UN General Assembly in September. A decision he justifies by the need for “a political, not military” solution and by the situation “worse than all that the world could imagine” in the besieged enclave.

In New Zealand, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters confirms that his government is debating the same recognition and will make its decision next month. These announcements mark a diplomatic setback for Benjamin Netanyahu, who castigates this recognition as “shameful”, even though his army pursues a blockade and a genocide accused of provoking famine and massive destruction in Gaza.

In reality, Tel Aviv’s anger translates a deeper fear: that of seeing the Israeli story crumble on the international scene. Because each official recognition of the Palestinian state constitutes a scathing disavowal of colonial policy and occupation, recalling that, despite propaganda and military power, Israel cannot eternally erase the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.