Labor and Liberal MPs call for Australia to recognise Palestine
Demonstrators hold a large Palestinian flag during a rally in Rafah.Photograph: Abed Rahim Khatib/Abed Rahim Khatib/NurPhoto/Corbis Labor and Liberal MPs call for Australia to recognise Palestine Australian Parliamentary Friends of Palestine group says international recognition is the only way to end deadlock and bring peace to Middle East · Shalailah Medhora · · theguardian.com , Monday 1 December 2014 08.14 GMT Australia must recognise Palestine as a separate state to help facilitate international peace, a Labor MP said. Maria Vamvakinou tabled a motion in parliament on Monday calling for the government to support Palestine, in response to the UN international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people, which was on Saturday. “On this day, we need to acknowledge and understand that the prospects for a two-state solution are increasingly dissipating and we are left with very few options,” Vamvakinou said in tabl