Albanese labelled ‘deluded' for his ‘stupid and dangerous' plan to recognise Palestine
'Talking to President Abbas should have made Albanese realise straight off the bat that he was being an idiot,' Mr Bolt said.
'What really makes Albanese's plan to recognise a Palestinian state now so incredibly stupid and dangerous is that a senior Hamas official said just last Saturday that this would be a victory for his terrorist group. This would prove Hamas was right all along to start this war by murdering 1200 Israelis on October 7, 2023.
'Hamas will indeed get the credit if we now recognise Palestine and it will be even more likely to win any election in Albanese's planned Palestinian state.'
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