(5) calls on the Australian Government to take action to support a ceasefire and pursue peace, including an end to the occupation.
Mr Bandt to move:
That this House:
(1) condemns war crimes perpetrated by:
(a) Hamas, including the premeditated targeting of Israeli civilians; and
(b) the State of Israel, including the bombing of Palestinian civilians;
(2) calls for:
(a) all perpetrators to be held accountable for their actions in accordance with international law; and
(b) an immediate ceasefire between all parties and an end to the war on Gaza;
(3) condemns anti-semitism, islamophobia and racism in all its forms both in Australia and internationally;
(4) recognises that:
(a) the September 2022 report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur found that the occupation of Palestinian territories ‘is not merely belligerent, but is settler-colonial in nature and that Israel has prevented the realisation of Palestinian people’s right to self-determination, violating each component of that right, wilfully pursuing the “de-Palestinianisation” of the occupied territory’; and
(b) for there to be peace there must be an end to the State of Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories; and
(5) calls on the Australian Government to take action to support a ceasefire and pursue peace, including an end to the occupation.