Australia’s role in exporting arms material to Israel must be exposed. If Australian-made weapons are being used against Palestinian civilians, our clients and the public deserve to know. Senator SHOEBRIDGE (New South Wales) (15:30): I move: That the Senate take...
I move that, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: To support peace for Palestinians and Israelis, and due to the approximately 10,000 Palestinian deaths and over 1400 Israeli deaths, the Australian Government call for an immediate...
This motion from the Greens does two things of note. It calls for a ceasefire, but it totally ignores Hamas. It is reckless, misleading and one-sided. What would the best way to a ceasefire be? It would be for Hamas to surrender its arms, its infrastructure, its...
There are serious constraints preventing this and other aid getting to the people who need it. While there has been some access, much more assistance is required from parties to the conflict if this aid is to reach Gazans. This is why so many countries, like...
We grieve for the 10,000 civilians reported killed in the intervening period. Forty per cent of those who have died in Israel’s bombardment of Gaza are children—over 4,000 innocent young lives lost. This cannot go on. Behind each of these numbers are...
