‘Profoundly disappointed’: Greg Sheridan on Penny Wong’s calls for Palestinian statehood

The Australian Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan is “profoundly disappointed” in the Foreign Minister for her speech calling for a two-state solution. The Opposition leader has taken aim at Penny Wong’s calls for the recognition of a Palestinian state. In a speech at the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday night, Peter Dutton labelled the move reckless and blamed Labor for a rise in anti-Semitism in Australia. “I was profoundly disappointed in this speech,” Mr Sheridan told Sky News host Peta Credlin. “I’ve had a lot of respect and admiration for Penny Wong previously, but this speech, although it was carefully worded, there’s a kind of undergraduate silliness to this speech as if she’s the first person who’s ever discovered a two-state solution.”