Labor Friends of Palestine hit out at federal Labor’s stance as ‘weakening’ commitment to Palestinian statehood
After Anthony Albanese temporarily suspended Fatima Payman from caucus, Labor Friends for Palestine wrote to the senator declaring that she had ‘the support of thousands of rank-and-file ALP members’.After Anthony Albanese temporarily suspended Fatima Payman from caucus, Labor Friends for Palestine wrote to the senator declaring that she had ‘the support of thousands of rank-and-file ALP members’.
It calls on the Australian government to “recognise Palestine as a state”, labelling the issue an “important priority”. “Any attempt to make Australian recognition contingent on Israel’s participation in a peace process will only result in an indefinite delay in recognition of Palestine and makes our commitment to statehood ring hollow.”
The letter was signed by state convenors of Labor Friends of Palestine and parliamentarians including the NSW upper house members Anthony D’Adam and Cameron Murphy, NSW MPs Lynda Voltz, Nathan Hagarty and Charishma Kaliyanda and the Tasmanian shadow attorney general, Ella Haddad.
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