The scale of the death and destruction in Gaza is unfathomable. All human life is sacred, and innocent civilians should be protected. I grieve for the innocent civilian Palestinians, including children, who have been killed or injured. I call for all parties to work...
My community calls for recognition of Palestinian suffering and loss to the same degree as Israeli suffering and loss. All human life is sacred, and all innocent civilians should be protected. I’ve had hundreds of messages from my community, from people who have...
And, while I support protesting or demonstrating peacefully for a cause, in many cases what has occurred is not a peaceful statement about what’s happening overseas. It has been about intimidation—confronting, devastating—as the member for Goldstein and the...
We have our history of supporting Palestinian self-determination and statehood. I also empathise with the families of the Israeli civilians who were killed because the same types of extremists attacked the Coptic community in Egypt which I’m from, deliberately...
We were warned only weeks ago by the ASIO director-general of the direct correlation between language and inflamed tensions and violence. It is essential that we maintain space in our communities for people to legitimately express different opinions on matters which...
