Senator Mehreen Faruqi – relating to the Opposition and the Government’s opposition to a ceasfire, and naming the names of the dead in Gaza

photo of Senator Mehreen Faruqi
November 10, 2023

Yesterday, the Labor government and the opposition opposed the Greens’ call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Both said, ‘This is a very grave and serious situation,’ yet your actions completely belie your words. Labor wants a pause. What is a four-hour pause in bombing going to achieve? Hopefully it can feed some starving children or it can give water to some dehydrated pregnant women—and then what? Then you start bombing and massacring those women and children again?

Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (13:54): Yesterday, the Labor government and the opposition opposed the Greens’ call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Both said, ‘This is a very grave and serious situation,’ yet your actions completely belie your words. Labor wants a pause. What is a four-hour pause in bombing going to achieve? Hopefully it can feed some starving children or it can give water to some dehydrated pregnant women—and then what? Then you start bombing and massacring those women and children again?

You have lost all humanity, but I will not let you forget the humans that are being massacred in Gaza right now:

The list of names was unavailable at the time of publishing.

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