US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has slammed countries – including Australia – for recognising Palestine as a state, dismissing the move as nothing more than a symbolic gesture. Mr Rubio said the push for recognition by Australia and other Western countries would not change the situation on the ground in the Middle East and was driven by domestic policies. 'It's largely meaningless, right? It's symbolic and they're doing it primarily for one reason and that is their internal politics, their domestic politics,' he said in a US radio interview. 'The truth of the matter is that the future of...
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