Labor MP Josh Burn has criticised Australia's decision to back a UN motion in support of a Palestinian push for full membership to the global body that passed with overwhelming support.
Australia should have abstained from voting on a "historic" motion to grant Palestinians full membership to the United Nations, a federal Labor MP says. Victorian backbencher Josh Burns' comments come after the 193-member UN General Assembly overwhelmingly backed a non-binding resolution that recommends the UN Security Council "favourably" reconsider Palestinians gaining full membership, after the United States vetoed a similar resolution last month .
Wong and Albanese both acknowledged these concerns in their press conferences on Saturday. Albanese said he understood the distress felt by Jewish Australians after the 7 October attack, but Palestinians also had the right to live in peace and security. "The international community will have to play a role as we go forward, and that is why having the international community have some representation here from Palestinians was worthy of our support.
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