There is no moral equivalence between actors where one fights according to the laws of war under international scrutiny and the other commits terrorist attacks that target children, the elderly and the unarmed. Senator DEAN SMITH (Western Australia) (20:00): I rise...
We must do everything we can to save the lives of nonbelligerents, but let’s face facts. Hamas did not give days of warning to the babies that were killed, the women that were raped, the grandmothers that were burned and the hostages taken—nothing like that....
Just a week ago, the Sydney Opera House and this very building were lit up in blue and white, a symbol of the undifferentiated position this government takes on this conflict. The world and the Australian government is portraying this as an assault on the Israeli...
As I said earlier today, Hamas is a terrorist group that rules Gaza with no regard for the safety and security of the Palestinian people who live there. Hamas’s actions have precipitated a devastating situation in Israel and Gaza, and civilians are suffering....
There is no equivalence here between the State of Israel and the terrorist organisation Hamas. I regret to say that too many people have not been able to see the true moral position here. On one side you have one of our allies, a democratic state, and on the other...
