Party were ‘fierce champions of Palestine’ in opposition and they must ‘summon that spirit of old’, she writes for Al Jazeera
Labor senator Fatima Payman says ‘politicking’ can not hide the ‘fact that genocide is ongoing and the Australian public knows it’.Labor senator Fatima Payman says ‘politicking’ can not hide the ‘fact that genocide is ongoing and the Australian public knows it’.
“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.”by accusing Israel of genocide and declaring “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” – a politically charged phrase that Albanese has criticised.
“Australian hearts have an affinity for justice. This is the reason why our students across the country are standing up as their predecessors did when they denounced the wars in Vietnam, and Iraq, and Afghanistan. The students were right on each of these generation-defining conflicts.”
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