Embassy of the State of Palestine

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine unequivocally condemns Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s recent remarks affirming his adherence to the so-called “Greater Israel” vision as a dangerous escalation of Israel’s colonial expansionist agenda and hostility to peace. These remarks are an official confession of the Israeli government’s intent to erase the Palestinian cause, annex all of historic Palestine, block the establishment of a Palestinian state, and destabilise neighbouring Arab countries. The Ministry warns that such provocative and inciting rhetoric is directly tied to escalating Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, and urges the international community to treat these statements with utmost seriousness as a blatant defiance of international law and UN resolutions, and as flagrant attempt to conceal crimes of genocide, forced displacement, and annexation by distracting global attention to gain more time for further violations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine welcomes the Joint Statement issued by the Foreign Ministers of 26 states, including Australia, which inter alia warns of the severity of the humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip and stresses the need for urgent action to halt and reverse starvation. The Ministry calls for this international consensus to be immediately translated into practical, concrete steps to compel Israel to stop its crimes against Palestinian civilians, and calls on international officials to visit the Gaza Strip, accompanied by media and journalists.

UN experts: The targeted destruction of Gaza’s healthcare system by the Israel Defense Forces amounts to “medicide,” a sinister component of the intentional creation of conditions calculated to destroy Palestinians in Gaza which constitutes an act of genocide. “Ceasefire, now, as a first step to hold Israel accountable,” the experts said, calling on the international community to save what is left of Gaza’s healthcare system and prevent the extermination of its population.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine calls on journalists and media associations worldwide to organize and act to protect Palestinian journalists from Israel’s targeted assassination, dehumanization, and incitement campaigns. "This criminal Israeli policy is aimed at killing any witness to its genocide and burying any evidence of its crimes." Palestinian journalists are heroes who should be honored, not vilified.

UN experts: The deliberate killing of four Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, including correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, was a deliberate attempt to silence reporting on the ongoing Israeli genocide and starvation campaign. “If Israel again refuses an independent investigation or access for international journalists, it will reconfirm its own culpability and cover up of the genocide.”

The General Delegation of Palestine in Canberra welcomes the principled decision for Australia to formally recognize the State of Palestine this coming September, calls for recognition to be accompanied by concrete actions to protect civilian lives and ensure the full and equal application of international law.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine warmly welcomes the announcement of Australia's intention to recognize the State of Palestine at the UNGA in September. This decision is consistent with international law and UN resolutions, and represents a concrete step towards achieving a just and lasting peace in accordance with the two-state solution.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine warns against the Israeli Cabinet's decision to fully occupy and impose control over the Gaza Strip, which reveal the true nature of the Israeli occupation's unjustified war against Palestinian civilians and will endanger their survival and the two-state solution; calls for urgent international intervention and immediate implementation of the New York Declaration.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the State of Palestine welcomes the joint statement issued by the UK, Germany, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand, rejecting the Israeli decision to occupy the Gaza Strip and the occupation’s measures to annex the West Bank. The statement also renewed the call to end the crimes of genocide, starvation, and forced displacement, and stressed the importance of enabling the Palestinian Authority to exercise its political and legal authority over the Gaza Strip as an inseparable part of the territory of the State of Palestine.

The General Delegation of Palestine in Canberra condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli Security Cabinet’s adoption of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s proposed plan for the Israeli military to “take over” the Gaza Strip, which represents a severe escalation of Israel’s ongoing genocidal assault against the Palestinian people in Gaza and is a blatant attempt to undermine and sabotage international efforts to secure a ceasefire and a lasting peace in the region.