Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released a new statement lamenting the \u201chumanitarian catastrophe\u201d unfolding in Gaza.<\/p>\n
The situation in Gaza has gone beyond the world\u2019s worst fears.<\/p>\n
The position of the Australian Government is clear: every innocent life matters.<\/p>\n
Every Israeli. Every Palestinian.<\/p>\n
This conflict has stolen far too many innocent lives.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of civilians are dead, children are starving.<\/p>\n
Gaza is in the grip of a humanitarian catastrophe. Israel\u2019s denial of aid and the killing of civilians, including children, seeking access to water and food cannot be defended or ignored.<\/p>\n
We call on Israel to comply immediately with its obligations under international law. <\/p>\n
This includes allowing the United Nations and NGOs to carry out their lifesaving work safely and without hindrance.<\/p>\n
Any proposals for the permanent forced displacement of the Palestinian population must be abandoned.<\/p>\n
Australia condemns the terror and brutality of Hamas and we reiterate our call for the immediate release of the remaining hostages.<\/p>\n
We continue to support all international efforts to facilitate a ceasefire, recognising that an immediate and permanent ceasefire gives the best hope of bringing hostages home and easing the agony of their loved ones.<\/p>\n
Australia is proud to have strongly supported the creation of the modern state of Israel.<\/p>\n
Then, as now, the global community envisioned two states: the State of Israel and the State of Palestine. <\/p>\n
Recognising the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people for a state of their own has long been a bipartisan position in Australia.<\/p>\n
The reason a two state solution remains the goal of the international community is because a just and lasting peace depends upon it.<\/p>\n
Australia is committed to a future where both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples can live in peace and safety, within secure and internationally-recognised borders.<\/p>\n
Until that day, every effort must be made here and now to safeguard innocent life and end the suffering and starvation of the people of Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has released a new statement lamenting the \u201chumanitarian catastrophe\u201d unfolding in Gaza. The situation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-20202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}