🗞️Greens Senator's Plea: Australia, Don't Delay Palestinian Statehood Vote

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Senator for the Greens and spokeswoman for foreign affairs Jordon Steele-John says that Australia shouldn't wait to vote on whether to recognise Palestine as a state; it should "just vote yes." He said these things before Friday's meeting of the UN general assembly, where members will decide if Palestine should be made a full member. This is what Steele-John wrote on X:

Meanwhile, The Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, has received a warning letter urging her to vote against a resolution that calls for Palestine to be admitted as a full member of the UN, citing concerns that it would be seen as a reward for "acts of mass terrorism" and further distance the two-state solution from reality.The upgrade of Palestine's status to full UN membership is up for vote by the UN General Assembly on Friday, May 10. The Australian government has not disclosed its position on the outcome. The outcome of the vote would indicate the degree of support Palestinians have for their proposal, which the US blocked in the UN Security Council last month.

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Writing to the Foreign Affairs Minister on Wednesday, the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) stated, "It is clear that a Palestinian state cannot be declared into existence." It really has to exist. The eleven-hour attempt to overturn the nation's yes vote stated, "This requires the establishment of institutions which are performing all of the functions of a state on a sustainable basis." In a letter, co-CEOs Peter Wertheim AM and Alex Ryvchin, as well as ECAJ President Daniel Aghion, contended that the Palestinian Authority needed to undergo extensive reform before a viable Palestinian state could be established.

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