I am advised that Australia has not supplied weapons to Israel since the Hamas-Israel conflict began and I am advised that that has been the case for at least the last five years. Senator SHOEBRIDGE (New South Wales) (14:15): My question without notice is to the...
This motion is another attention-seeking stunt from the Greens political party, a party that has consistently vilified Israel and voted against condemning Hamas. For the past 40 days, since the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel that killed the largest...
Senator STEELE-JOHN (Western Australia) (15:38): I move: That at the conclusion of formal motions today, the Senate observe a minute of silence in memory of the civilian lives lost in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel. Link to Parliamentary Hansard
Israel asserts its right to defend itself and is dismantling the Hamas human shields, labyrinth of tunnels and command-and-control centres beneath hospitals. These are crucial steps towards achieving a lasting peace. Those calling for a ceasefire should note that...
There is a history, obviously, to the persecution of the Jewish people, and the 7 October attacks by Hamas was a day on which more Jewish lives were lost in a single day than in any day since the Holocaust. That of itself is traumatising, and since then we have seen a...