French president says two-state solution represents pathway to peace. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHastie says Gaza is ‘rubble’, but recognition of Palestine not going to bring peace ‘any time soon’Shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie said the coalition believes recognition of Palestine is a “bad decision” and “historic for all the wrong reasons”.I understand their desire for security, especially after what happened on October 7. But I’d love to see a diplomatic solution. …When you look at Gaza from up on high through Google Earth, you’ll see that it has been largely destroyed, it’s rubble. And so, we’d all like to see peace. But I think this decision by the government is not going to bring that any time soon, and in fact, whilst Hamas remains in power, this war will continue.Of course, this could all end right now if Hamas brought those hostages up out of those stinking tunnels and handed them back to the Israelis so they could be reunited to their families that. That is the simple pathway to peace. And then potentially we could talk about Palestinian statehood. Continue reading...
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