In Ms Jarrar’s case, there have been no charges. She is a political prisoner of Israel. Ms Jarrar could spend the rest of her life in jail and she is not the only Palestinian MP in jail. A country is not a democracy if it has political prisoners. Full motion...
Jerusalem is the home of the Israeli government and the capital of Israel. It is about time Australia accepted this and followed the courageous steps taken by the President of the United States. Full speech Senator McGRATH (Queensland—Assistant Minister to the Prime...
Calls for the Australian Government to: recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and move the Australian Embassy to Western Jerusalem. Full motion and speech Senator ANNING (Queensland) (16:36): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes the religious and historical...
Questioned when elections were last held in Palestine, Australian aid to Palestine and the definition of Palestinian refugees. When was the last time that people under the rule of the Palestinian authority were given the benefit of an election to determine their...
Questioned Australian aid to the Palestinian Authority, UNRWA and NGOs. The purpose of the aid, as DFAT states, is, and I quote: … a tangible demonstration of our longstanding support for the Middle East process. Does this mean that each recipient of our aid might be...