{"id":32104,"date":"2025-08-08T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/08\/australia-urges-israel-not-to-take-military-action\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T04:05:00","slug":"australia-urges-israel-not-to-take-military-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/08\/08\/australia-urges-israel-not-to-take-military-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia urges Israel not to take military action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia has urged Israel &#8220;not to go down this path&#8221;, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza.       &#8220;Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,\u201d Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Friday.       Wong said permanent forced displacement was a violation of international law and repeated calls for a ceasefire, aid to flow unimpeded and for militant group Hamas to return the hostages taken in October 2023.       \u201cA two-state solution is the only pathway to secure an enduring peace \u2013 a Palestinian state and the State of Israel, living side-by-side in peace and security within internationally-recognised borders,\u201d she added.       Australia has not yet joined Western allies such as the U.K., Canada and France in announcing it would recognise Palestinian statehood but has said it would make a decision &#8220;at an appropriate time&#8221;, while escalating its criticism of Is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia has urged Israel &#8220;not to go down this path&#8221;, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza. &#8220;Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,\u201d Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Friday. 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