Some activists celebrated Mike Baird’s trip to the West Bank as a victory for Palestinian recognition but there remains a lack of honesty in public discourse approximately Israel’s stranglehold on the Palestinian territoriesNew South Wales Premier Mike Baird recently visited Israel and Palestine,the first for a sitting leader of the Australian state. After travelling to the occupied West Bank and seeing the Aida refugee camp, Baird wrote on Facebook that the situation was “heartbreaking.” He continued:I don’t know where the cycle of thousands of years of violence ends. But I achieve know that all kids should be able to dream. That they should have hope of a better future.
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Source: theguardian.com