September 24, 2025 | 08:33 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged Israel to accept its "share of responsibility" for the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Speaking at a UN conference on Palestine in New York on Monday, September 22, 2025, he reiterated his call for a ceasefire in the enclave.
"Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed, desperate people, including children denied vital aid; aid workers killed, including Australian, … journalists killed (while) trying to bring the truth to light," Albanese said during the conference, as reported by Anadolu. The event took place just one day before the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.
Albanese further criticized Israel's actions. "This comes alongside the continued illegal expansion of settlements on the West Bank and an increased settler violence; threats to annex parts of Palestine and permanently displace the Palestinian people." He warned that "Such conduct risk reaching a two-state solution -- that is where the current road leads."
Australia is one of several countries that recognized a Palestinian state ahead of the General Assembly meeting, which began on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, amid the continuing war in Gaza.
"We must choose a different path, we must break a cycle of violence and build something better," Albanese said, emphasizing that recognizing the aspirations of the Palestinian people is about more than to seek a voice and a vote in the councils of the world." He added, "It is about a real hope for a place to call home."
A recent UN investigation concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. Since October 2023, more than 65,000 Palestinians have been killed, the majority of whom are civilians, including women and children.
According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel has killed 249 Palestinian journalists in the besieged territory during the same period.
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