Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the country’s support for a Palestinian bid to become a full United Nations member was part of building momentum to secure peace in the war in Gaza. Australia voted on Friday with the overwhelming majority of the UN General Assembly in backing the resolution that would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It recommended the Security Council “reconsider the matter favourably”. The United States had vetoed a recommendation that “the State of Palestine be admitted to membership” in a Security Council vote last month. The question of Pa…