Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally recognised Palestinian statehood on the world stage this week, but about 78 years ago, a lesser-known Australian was fighting for the creation of a Jewish state. Herbert Vere "Doc" Evatt was Australia's external affairs minister in 1947 and leading the United Nation's Ad-Hoc Committee on the Palestinian Question. "He's someone who deserves to be better remembered because he was a very significant Australian statesman," said Ian Parmeter, a research scholar at the Australian National University's Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. The UN committee Dr Evatt chaired was tasked with devising a plan for Palestine...
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