When I met with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (@dfat), I restated our opposition to Australia’s planned declaration of a Palestinian state that ignores the very conditions they acknowledge must be met. I reminded these Australian diplomats that peace starts with the defeat of Hamas and the return of the hostages. There can be no reward for terror. And the hostages must come home.  Now.

@AJCCEO @dfat AJC is right on target. The conditions of statehood are far from having been met.