The Greens Vote Against A Motion Condemning Hamas Attacks Against Israel

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GREENS HAMAS MOTION SENATE — The Greens (R) vote against a motion condemning Hamas attacks against Israel and the ongoing war in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

In a show of unity in federal Parliament on Monday, MPs of all political persuasions rightly condemned Hamas’s barbarism and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. The four Greens MPs were alone in opposing the motion after their leader Adam Bandt shamefully tried to move an amendment condemning Israeli war crimes and stating “for there to be peace there must be an end to the State of Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territories”. Shane Desiatnik reports from the Australian Jewish News

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Published 20 October 2023 4:30pm

Updated 22 October 2023 1:17pm

By Shane Desiatnik

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In a show of unity in federal Parliament on Monday, MPs of all political persuasions rightly condemned Hamas’s barbarism and supported Israel’s right to defend itself. The four Greens MPs were alone in opposing the motion after their leader Adam Bandt shamefully tried to move an amendment condemning Israeli war crimes and stating “for there to be peace there must be an end to the State of Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian Territories”. Shane Desiatnik reports from the Australian Jewish News

Greens in the NSW Upper House last week refused to support a motion condemning Hamas’s attack, denouncing the killing of civilians and recognising Israel’s right to defend itself. Two Greens councillors in Woollahra left the chamber when a vote was taken in solidarity with Israel.