And on Trump and Israel’s threats that the ceasefire in Gaza will not move on to its second stage unless Hamas releases all the hostages (Hamas officials had said they would stop with the hostage exchange after accusing Israel of breaking the terms of the ceasefire by continuing to kill Palestinians, and have called on Israel to uphold its end of the bargain.)

This of course all comes after Trump announced the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians through the forced removal to surrounding states and the US ‘take over’ of Gaza. Trump is in Jordan trying to convince it of his plan’s ‘merits’.

Albanese says:

I want to see those terms continue. I want to see the ceasefire continue. I want to see hostages released as well. I think Australians overwhelmingly want to see an end to conflict there. They want to see as well, hostages released and they want to see an end to the involvement of terrorist organisations like Hamas. I think that overwhelmingly is what Australians want and they want in the longer term, Australia’s position remains exactly the same as it has been on a bipartisan level for a long period of time, which is a two-state solution with Israelis and Palestinians living in peace and security side by side, which John Howard, almost 20 years ago now made it very clear that the Palestinian question needs to be settled and that that was a key. Without that, it’s difficult to see there being peace in the Middle East. I want Israelis to be able to live in peace and security and prosperity, but I also want a peaceful region which includes the right of Palestinians to live in peace and security as well