<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia will not join </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/palestine-israel-french-president-macron-says-france-will-recognise-palestine-as-a-state/24dfd843-eca6-442d-957a-be6507a37e2b" rel="" target="" title="France's move to recognise the state of Palestine"><span>France's move to recognise the state of Palestine</span></a><span> as he condemned Israel's blockade on aid into Gaza.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/france" rel="" target="" title="France"><span>France</span></a><span> will become the first G7 nation to recognise Palestine as an independent state when the UN General Assembly meets in September. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's a move by President Emmanuel Macron set to place added diplomatic pressure on Israel as the humanitarian crisis intensifies in Gaza.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-intercepts-gazabound-aid-ship-handala/6a4463bd-5654-4426-ab43-abbc962c7aa3" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship Handala</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Appearing on ABC's </span><em><span>Insiders</span></em><span> today the Prime Minister said Australia had no "imminent" plans to join Macron.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said a decision could be made when Hamas is demilitarised and a two-state solution could be considered viable.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We support two states so some would argue, 'Well, why don't you just recognise the state?'" he asked.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/israel-gaza-hamas-war-anthony-albanese-wont-join-france-formally-recognising-palestine/1b3d9f30-3d7b-441b-9816-8673fb5437aa" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You need to recognise a Palestinian state as part of moving forward. How do you exclude Hamas from any involvement there? How do you ensure that a Palestinian state operates in an appropriate way that does not threaten the existence of Israel?"</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We won't do any decision as a gesture. We will do it as a way forward if the circumstances are met."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It comes amid rising tensions over Israel's restrictions on aid shipments into Gaza and the killings of hundreds of Palestinians trying to reach food.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese said while he is "not a lawyer" Israel is "quite clearly" breaching international law by withholding aid from civilians.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The fact that people have lost their lives queuing to get food and water distributed not by the UN, but distributed by the joint Israeli-American operation is a tragedy," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At least 115 Palestinians have starved to death since the outbreak of conflict following Hamas' attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An estimated 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza but some figures suggest the death toll could be closer to 80,000.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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