That our government fails to react decently to the incontrovertible evidence we see daily of Israeli genocide is appalling, is in contravention of our commitment of more than 75 years ago to fight genocide and is an abrogation of decency for the people of Gaza and ALSO of any sensible support for Israel for the future.
Australia officially committed to preventing and fighting genocide on July 8, 1949, when it ratified the United Nations Genocide Convention. This legal commitment formally came into force in the country on January 12, 1951
Israel is already a pariah state for a growing number of nations. UN research has concluded that it is committing genocide now, formally, in multiple reports. The atrocities it is committing upon tens of thousands of children alone is almost beyond comprehension, yet our government cannot bring itself to do more to stop the slaughter than express ‘concern’.
Appeasement of genocide is known to be stupid and basically criminal in the context of humanity. Progressive Jews, such as represented by the Jewish Council of Australia, protest this government indifference.
Our government continues to capitulate humanitarian decency to Zionist influence. In this, we are being governed by foreign interests.