‘Absolutely appalling’: Penny Wong’s comments play ‘straight into the hands of Hamas’

The timing of Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s call for recognition of a Palestinian state is “absolutely appalling”, says former foreign minister Alexander Downer. “It’s an atrocious thing to have done,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny. “This plays straight into the hands of Hamas. “They will be hearing these sorts of statements from political leaders like Penny Wong and from a couple of other countries with glee. “They will rejoice in these sorts of comments because they will demonstrate to Hamas that it is gradually gaining the upper hand in the propaganda war.”