Albanese edges towards a big shift in Middle East policy

AU Financial Review

a day ago

Far from being a pro-Palestine firebrand, the first time a relatively fresh-faced Anthony Albanese spoke on the Middle East's most intractable conflict in parliament, the future prime minister lamented the breakdown in the peace process as a 'tragedy' for Israelis and Palestinians.
While sharply critical of the 'provocative' expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, Albanese as a backbencher in 1998 firmly established himself as a supporter of the two-state solution, acknowledging both the desire for Palestinians to have their own homeland, and Israel's right to exist securely.