New York: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will urge world leaders to seize an opportunity to permanently disarm Hamas and drive the listed terrorist group out of the Middle East by reviving efforts to achieve a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

Albanese will address a conference on the two-state solution at United Nations Headquarters on Tuesday morning, Australian time, a day after Australia’s recognition of Palestine took formal effect alongside Canada’s and Britain’s.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and fellow Israeli politicians reacted angrily to the move, declaring there would never be a Palestinian state and threatening retaliation when Netanyahu returns to Jerusalem following his trip to the United States.

As well as his first meeting with US Pres

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