Challenged to concede Israel was inflicting ‘collective punishment’ on Gaza, foreign minister Penny Wong used her own words to describe the ‘distressing crisis’ unfolding in the Palestinian exclave
Penny Wong has acknowledged “widespread suffering” of civilians in Gaza but has stopped short of saying Israel’s siege amounts to collective punishment of Palestinians, during a fiery Senate committee hearing.
“We acknowledge the terrible suffering of innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip,” she told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday. With 79 Australian citizens, permanent residents and family members still trying to escape Gaza, Wong also expressed her frustration at being unable to secure a humanitarian corridor to date.
Biden said he was “alarmed about extremist settlers attacking Palestinians in the West Bank” as these actions were “pouring gasoline on fire”. Steele-John asked if the government would “now condemn the commission of war crimes by the state of Israel upon the population of Gaza” and “crime against humanity”.
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