Australia must recognise Palestine to promote peace
On May 29, a motion was presented to the lower house of the Australian parliament by the Greens to vote on whether Australia should follow Spain, Norway, Ireland, Slovenia and the overwhelming majority of the world’s nations in recognising Palestinian statehood, but it failed to pass as 80 MPs voted against it.
My party, the Australian Labor Party, has consistently argued that such motions are political machinations on the part of the Greens in order to score “cheap points” and sway the public.
Even if that were the case, this “politicking” does not detract from the underlying fact that a genocide is ongoing, and the Australian public knows it. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been slaughtered, among them 15,000 children.
Protesters carry a blanket in the shape of a watermelon at a protest in Melbourne, Australia
Taiwanese protest calling for an end of Israel’s war on Gaza
Pro-Palestinian people gather for a protest – Taiwan Stop Being Complicit in Genocide, Embargo on Weapon Component Now – in Taipei, Taiwan on Sunday
Demonstrators expressed condemnation from Taiwan’s civil society towards what they called ‘genocide in Gaza’
‘The Night Won’t End’ – Biden’s War on Gaza
As Israel’s bombing campaign continues in Gaza and the humanitarian crisis deepens to catastrophic levels, the Biden administration has not wavered in its support for Israel.
US weapons transfers – from 2,000-pound bombs to artillery shells and tanks – have been a crucial part of the Israeli military campaign.
Fault Lines worked with journalists in Gaza to profile three families as they try to survive the war. Watch below.
