Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has hit back at US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee after he criticised Australia’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood.
On Monday, the Albanese government revealed it would join other Western nations, including the UK, France and Canada, in recognising a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September, in response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Huckabee said the US was taken aback and stressed there was an “enormous level of disappointment and some disgust” over the announcement.
But Albanese defended the decision, saying the continued human suffering in Gaza had disgusted the nation.
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