[Envoy commends Israel stance (SMH)]
The Age | Matthew Knott | 8 January 2025
Let’s hope he is right – Mark
The departing de facto Palestinian ambassador to Australia has predicted a re-elected Albanese government would recognise a Palestinian state as he praised Labor for daring to repeatedly anger Israel and break with the United States in its stance on the Middle East.
Izzat Abdulhadi will end his term as head of the general delegation of Palestine in Australia next week after more than 18 years in the role.
Abdulhadi forcefully rejected claims by Israel’s ambassador to Australia, made in an interview with this masthead, that Hamas should be held responsible for the death toll in Gaza, arguing Israel had waged the war with reckless disregard for civilian lives.
“This attack by Hamas [on October 7] does not justify this mass killing, the burning of hospitals, the killing of women and children who do not support Hamas,” he said from the West Bank.
“It is beyond imagining what is happening there … even if Hamas uses human shields, this does not justify Israel killing the shields.”
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