Labor supports all genuine efforts toward a negotiated settlement between the parties to the conflict based on international frameworks, laws and norms. We also condemn all violence related to the conflict, and Labor will continue to call on both sides to refrain from...
A vivid and poignant memory of my visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, burned into my memory, is the sight of the Nakba key. The key is a symbol of dispossession, loss and hope for return, a symbol of perseverance. It represents pride. It is everywhere in...
I rise today to express my deep concern about the ongoing occupation of Palestine and the current global discourse which risks permanently ending any chance for peace. I visited Israel and the West Bank of Palestine late last year with the Australia Palestine Advocacy...
I believe Ahed Tamimi’s real crime in the eyes of Israel has been to shame that country’s illegal occupation of Palestine and her point-blank refusal to accept or bow down to that 50-year-old occupation and the guns that come with it. Full speech Senator SINGH...
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...
