The court determined that the wall and all Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are illegal, and that the fourth Geneva Convention applies to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in full. Full speech Ms VAMVAKINOU (Calwell) (13:30): This July marks 10...
Over 150 people have been killed in Gaza over the last few days of hostilities. I am sure many more would have been killed in Israel had it not been for the fact that they have the luxury of a very sophisticated defence Iron Dome mechanism, which intercepts the...
The silence from Labor and the coalition around the atrocities of the Israeli military towards Palestine is shameful. … The Abbott government’s decision to break from previously bipartisan recognition of the occupied territories as illegitimate not only undermines the...
The propaganda being distributed is part of a wider, insidious campaign to delegitimise the state of Israel and, in my view, spread anti-Semitism. Campaigns like these are orchestrated by the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement. Full speech Ms O’DWYER...
The statement made by the Australian government on 5 June this year is not only wrong; it is factually untrue, legally ignorant and most unhelpful. Full speech Senator XENOPHON (South Australia) (16:39): At the outset, I wish to acknowledge the presence in the gallery...
