What I would say to you is this: there are two very clear facts about UNRWA. The first is that UNRWA is the only organisation capable of delivering assistance into Gaza. And, in a context where you have 400,000 Palestinians starving, a million facing starvation and...
Because I didn’t get a chance to do so in the first answer, can I first reiterate what the government has made clear and what I have made clear in this chamber on numerous occasions: Australia has not supplied weapons to Israel since the conflict began and for...
It’s a serious question, in the context of the worst social disharmony that I have seen, not just in my time in politics but in my time that I’ve been alive, in this country. It shouldn’t be weaponised. I condemn, totally, any form of...
Just when one thinks that the Labor government couldn’t sink any lower on Palestine, they have made the appalling and extremely irresponsible decision to suspend funding for UNWRA. Senator FARUQI (New South Wales) (14:21): My question is to the Minister for...
We have called for Israel to respect international humanitarian law, we have called for civilians to be protected—and civilian infrastructure—and we have called for safe and unimpeded humanitarian access to be increased. We have also said that the number of civilian...
