The NSW Parliament will
consider a motion relating to the ongoing conflict in Gaza introduced
today by Greens NSW MP and co-convenor of the NSW Parliamentary Friends
of Palestine, David Shoebridge.
The Nakba commemoration in NSW Parliament House in May 2012
Australian
Greens leader Christine Milne has given notice of an identical motion in
the Senate. Full wording of the motion and broader context below.
Media comment:
“Australia and the international community
are failing in their humanitarian obligations to Palestinians living in
Gaza,” Mr Shoebridge said.
“Violence on all sides needs to stop, but
portraying the conflict as one between equals is like saying that
locking a lion and a lamb in the same room is a fair fight.
“Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza,
assisted by Egypt, has resulted in the severe deterioration of economic
conditions in Gaza and the impoverishment of hundreds of thousands of
people, most of whom are refugees.
“The Greens continue to call for an end to
all aggression, including the end to the blockade of Gaza and the
withdrawal of the Israeli military from the occupied Palestinian
territories,” Mr Shoebridge said.
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