Ua faaalia e nisi e le toe palota mo le Labor i le lumana’i.
Talu mai le osofa’iga a Hamas i le Aso 7 o Oketopa, na faaalia e faigamalo i Ausetalia nei lo latou lagolagoina o Isara’elu.
I New South Wales, na faia ai se faai’uga a le palemia setete, Chris Minns, e faapupula lanu o le fu’a a le malo Isara’elu i Lā o le Opera House.
"Well, the position from the NSW government was clear. We were in solidarity with the Jewish community in NSW... and we made that really clear."
O se tasi o faitioga na faailoa e se sui sinia o le Labor, Ed Husic. Na ia saunoa e le o paleni lafoga ma ua atagia ai le manatu faapito ia Isara’elu, ae o loo aupito to’atele atu tagata Palesitina ua maliliu talu ona amata le taua.
"The number of Palestinians that have been killed so far equates to the number of people who lost their lives on 9/11. We don't see any public landmarks in Australia that are being lit up in red, black, white and green."
Na saunoa fo’i Randa Kattan o le fono a tagata Arapi, le Arab Council Australia, ua manino le faapito tasi o le lagolago a le malo ia Isara’elu.
"The community is really, really upset, hurt - feel totally betrayed by the government. Total betrayal as far as the community is concerned because the government is taking a one-sided approach. There is no support out there. It is unequivocal in its support towards Israel."
Na ta’ua e le peresitene o le Islamic Council of Victoria, Adel Salman, na iloa i le palota faalaua’itele, le referendum mo se leo o tagata muamua i le palemene i le amataga o le masina nei, le tulaga o nisi o tagata mai atunu’u Arapi.
"Many Muslims were so dismayed by what they were hearing from our politicians that out of protest that they were doing things like writing things on the referendum card, like 'Free Palestine'."
Na saunoa Adel Salman e tatau i le Labor ona silasila i a’afiaga mai le mata’upu lenei i le taimi o faigapalota.
"If there's one issue that unites all of the hearts and minds of Muslims around Australia, and many Arab Christian communities, it's this question of Palestine. So Labor should be really concerned that they are not building any trust amongst the communities."
Ina ua fesiligia e talafou a le SBS nisi o tagatanu’u e afua mai atunu’u o Arapi pe tapua’i Isalama, o nisi nei o tali mai:
WOMAN 1: "No more. I'm not going to vote for anyone anymore."
MAN: "40 years in Australia, always voting for Labor. I think I need to change my mind towards them."
WOMAN 2: "A non listening government makes people not want to vote for them. And I definitely wouldn't vote for a government that didn't listen to me."
E ui i lea, o loo lagolagoina pea e le Labor lona tulaga i le mata’upu i le va o Isara’elu ma Hamas, e pei ona saunoa le minisita o le vaifafo, Penny Wong:
"I understand that this is a conflict which has longstanding historical grievances... I also know that it's important for the Palestinian community and more broadly Australians of the Islamic faith to know that the government is listening, just as it is important for members of our Jewish community to know that we are there for them at this time."
(Ripoti a Deborah Groarke mo le SBS News).
