The Australian Council of Trade Unions' (ACTU) letter calling for the Albanese government to end military trade with Israel, impose sanctions on Israeli officials and inject an additional $100 million of aid for Gaza and the West Bank is “completely one-sided,” Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has said.
The Australian Council of Trade Unions' call for the government to end military trade with Israel is worth apologising over, Liberal MP Simon Birmingham has said.The Australian Council of Trade Unions' letter calling for the Albanese government to end military trade with Israel , impose sanctions on Israel i officials and inject an additional $100 million of aid for Gaza and the West Bank is “completely one-sided,” Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has said.
Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia’s Peter Stefanovic the timing and content of letter was inconsiderate and worth apologising over. “The ACTU ought to be apologising for the timing and ought to be reconsidering the content of that statement.” “In their reality, there is no Hamas, their statement does not mention the proscribed terrorist organisation that started this war on October 7 and which still holds 130 hostages, including women and children in Gaza.
“If a Martian landed on Earth and read today’s shameful motion, chock full of delegitimisation and demonisation of Israel, they would think … Israelis massacred on October 7th by the bloodthirsty terrorists of Hamas died in an earthquake or tsunami.” The ACTU argues that Australian companies are indirectly contributing towards Israel's F-35 jets through global supply chains. Picture: David Caird“Under international law, Australia has obligations to deny exports that could or would be used to violate humanitarian law and must employ all means to prevent genocide by another state.
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