We observed the massive impact of the military occupation of the West Bank—the huge military presence; the illegal Israeli settlements; the massive number of homes that are being demolished; the huge number of arrests of children and adults; the harassment, the...
Questioned Australia’s vote at the UN General Assembly on the peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine and the status of Jerusalem, and asked about Australia’s position on the detention of Palestinian children in Israel. I’ve got a question...
Questioned Australia’s scrutiny of the Palestinian Authority’s budget and total foreign aid provided. Do we examine the Palestinian Authority’s budget, which is publicly available? I’m not asking whether we send the auditors in or anything like...
Questioned whether Australia has given consideration to moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and asked for an update on DFAT’s suspension of aid money to World Vision in the Palestinian Territories. When the foreign minister says ‘the biggest...
Questioned whether Australia is raising concerns with the Israeli government about settlement expansion and whether this expansion might prompt Australia to recognise the state of Palestine. What action is the department taking in raising the issue of illegal...
