Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, and Australia is failing to act.
International law is clear: Australia must prevent and punish genocide.
Yet Australia continues to supply weapons parts, fuel, military-intelligence support, and maintains trade agreements and diplomatic relationships with Israel.
This directly violates Australia’s obligations under international law.
For three years, Israel has carried out a live streamed genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. Across the occupied West Bank, violence and illegal settlement expansion continue to accelerate unchecked.
Australia has condemned illegal settlements and imposed some targeted sanctions. But when twelve countries announced they would introduce, support or actively consider restrictions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements, Australia was missing.
The UK, France and Canada have committed to banning imports of goods from illegal settlements. The UK is also introducing sanctions against individuals and companies that finance, facilitate or profit from settlement expansion. Australia previously acted alongside these same countries on settler sanctions. It should not stop now.
International law is clear: states must prevent and punish genocide. Yet, Australia continues to maintain military, economic and diplomatic ties with Israel.
Australia should match the action being taken by its partners: restrict trade linked to illegal settlements, expand sanctions against those driving and financing settlement expansion, and ensure Australian companies, investments and institutions are not helping sustain an unlawful occupation.
Take action now.
Email your MP: Demand Australia sanction Israel.
What are we asking the Australian government to do?
We are asking the Australian government to implement the following policy measures in line with our obligations under international law:
1) Broad and extensive sanctions
- Targeted sanctions on Israeli government officials, military leaders, individuals and institutions involved in and responsible for Israel’s genocide, illegal occupation and settlement regime and it's apartheid regime.
- Expand sanctions to include entities, companies and organisations facilitating illegal settlements and serious human rights abuses.
2) An end to diplomatic support
- Cut off economic, industry, trade, diplomatic and military relationships. End all bilateral cooperation schemes, cross-border investments and cultural programs between Australia and Israel.
- Expel the Israeli Ambassador to Australia and recall Australia's Ambassador to Israel until serious violations of international law and abuses against Australian citizens and Palestinians are addressed
3) Cut off the weapons
- Suspend all arms agreements, cooperation and arms deals with Israel, including the export, import and transfer of arms, parts, components and dual use items used by Israel in its assaults on the Palestinian people. This includes any deals or trade with third countries or companies where Israel is the end user.
4) Stop Australian money from funding the occupation
- Prohibit investment from Australian institutions (like superannuation funds, universities or banks) in companies complicit with Israel's occupation and genocide.
- Cancel the DGR status of any Australian charities that contribute to, support or benefit from Israel’s illegal settlements.
5) Use international law to hold Israel to account
- Proactively support investigations into Israeli war crimes and cooperate with the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court.
- Uphold Australia's obligations under the Genocide Convention, the Geneva Convention and the Arms Trade Treaty.
- Investigate Australian citizens who have served with the IDF where there are credible allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide .
6) Respect Palestinian rights
- Recognise the rights of Palestinian people to self-determination.
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For the past two years, we have witnessed Israel's relentless and horrifying assault on Gaza, an atrocity that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) says plausibly constitutes genocide.
We need your help to call on Australia's government to enact sanctions against Israel.
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