Recent articles by Victor Kattan

8 August 2023
There is no legal impediment to Australia’s recognition of Palestine
At the Australian Labor Party’s upcoming national conference in Brisbane, recognition of a Palestinian state — pursuant to Labor’s 2021 national platform that supports the recognition of Israel and Palestine as part of a two-state solution — is on the agenda. Senior Labor party figures, including former Foreign Ministers Bob Carr and Gareth Evans, have already come out in support of recognition. They have made cogent moral and political cases for recognising Palestine but have not addressed the legal arguments in as much depth.