Pro-Palestine protesters continue to demand that Labor stop playing games and sanction Israel. Janet Parker, from Jews For Palestine WA, gave this speech to a protest outside the United States Consulate.
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Even as Israel’s Operation Gideon’s Chariots offensive in Gaza unmasks global capitalism as the ruthless, racist and colonialist project that it is, Anthony Albanese still refuses to impose sanctions on the genocidal regime, write Sue Bolton and Jacob Andrewartha.
Millions of people are outraged by Israel’s slaughter in Gaza and the West Bank, an anger that is now compounded by despair that Israel has been given a blank cheque to ignore international law, argues Stuart Rees.
Jews Against the Occupation ’48 is calling on Labor to impose full sanctions on Israel and apply all available diplomatic pressure on Israel to instantly and unconditionally lift the blockade and comply with international law.
Labor made a lot of promises to support Palestine, but it has failed on many fronts, not least in its unwavering support for Israel’s war. Khaled Ghannam argues that those who care about justice must vote for Palestine.
Rank-and-file activists within the National Tertiary Education Union organised a national day of action for Palestine at nine university campuses. Jim McIlroy reports.
The new Universities Australia definition of antisemitism is an ugly attempt to silence the pro-Palestine movement on campuses and academics, university workers and students who critique Israel and Zionism. Markela Panegyres and Jonathan Strauss report.
The City of Sydney became the first New South Wales council to pass a boycott and divest motion when nine other councillors, with the exception of the one Liberal, supported the move. Olivia lurincich and Rachel Evans report.
Protests continued in Australia as Israel bombarded the Occupied West Bank despite the ceasefire in Gaza.
Ōtautahi Christchurch city council voted on October 23 to cease doing business with companies building and maintaining illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), reports Zara Lomas, making it the first in the country to do so.
The National Tertiary Education Union for Palestine, the National Union of Students and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions organised a day of action to support an institutional academic boycott of Israel. Paul Gregoire reports.
Responding to the global Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign, the National Tertiary Education Union National Council has decided, overwhelmingly, to support an academic institutional boycott of Israeli universities. Jonathan Strauss and Markela Panegyres report.
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