Former intelligence officer Paul Monk says it is “not historically literate” for Penny Wong to call for a Palestinian state when they have “rejected” the offer for statehood every time an attempt has been made.
Foreign Minister Penny Wong angered the Jewish community for her decision not to visit the sites Hamas terrorists attacked on October 7.
In a press conference on Tuesday, she called for a Palestinian state and announced more aid money for Gaza.
“On face value, her remarks sound … peacemaking and so on, but they’re decontextualised because they have no grip on what is happening,” Mr Monk told Sky News host Sharri Markson.
“It’s not only that she’s not insisting that hostages should be released and she’s not visiting the sites – she’s not acknowledging the fundamental reality that this idea of Palestinians having legitimate aspirations for their own state has a very long history and every time an attempt has been made … they’ve rejected the offer.
“It’s not historically literate to talk as if it’s just unreasonable Israeli attitudes that have created this situation.”
