2-State Solution Now Out of Reach, Australian Foreign Minister Says

A future with coexisting Israeli and Palestinian states is now unreachable because of Hamas, Wong said.
2-State Solution Now Out of Reach, Australian Foreign Minister Says
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong listens to a question during a joint news conference after the 32nd annual Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations at the U.S. State Department in Washington D.C. on Dec. 6, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said a two-state solution was “further out of reach” at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce event in Melbourne on Oct. 11.

Ms. Wong said a negotiated two-state solution, where Israel and a future Palestinian state coexist in peace and security within internationally recognised borders, was the only way forward for “just and enduring peace.”

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Isabella Rayner
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Isabella Rayner is a reporter based in Melbourne, Australia. She is an author and editor for WellBeing, WILD, and EatWell Magazines.
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