Australia has joined Britain and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state. Recognition without any real responsibility for what happens next. The choreography by Anthony Albanese was deliberate: a set-piece announcement on the eve of leaders’ week at the UN, with allies moving in lockstep to spread the accountability. There is safety in numbers, and that is precisely the political comfort this decision seeks. I’m not opposed to recognising Palestine in principle, I never have been. A durable two-state outcome remains the only plausible end to a conflict that has brutalised Israelis and Palestinians alike. But timing matters and statecraft without...
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