The Australian Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected a reckless attempt by the Greens Party to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state.

Despite the Greens Party’s delusional claims that such a move would be a “concrete step towards peace,” the clear-eyed majority in Parliament recognized it for the stunt it truly was and crushed the motion by a vote of 80 to 5 on Wednesday, according to The Australian.

Greens leader Adam Bandt, a known sympathizer of anti-Israel causes, shamelessly exploited the ongoing conflict in Gaza to push his party’s warped vision of a Palestinian state. He absurdly claimed that recognizing Palestinian statehood would somehow advance the cherished values of “peace and security and self-determination”. Bandt further disgracefully accused Israel of “slaughter” and “invasion,” echoing the exact same antisemitic rhetoric as Hamas.

Thankfully, cooler heads prevailed.

Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts rightly condemned the Greens for their divisive “wedge politics” that serve no purpose other than to “reproduce this conflict in our own community.” Watts made it clear that any recognition must be contingent upon the Palestinian Authority (PA) abandoning violence and genuinely committing to peace. A concept utterly foreign to PA President Mahmoud Abbas who actively incentivizes and glorifies terrorism.

While the misguided crusade for a Palestinian state may have suffered a well-deserved defeat in Australia, the broader battle against premature recognition wages on after Ireland, Spain, and Norway made such a monumental mistake on Tuesday.