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.
The Greens Vote Against A Motion Condemning Hamas Attacks Against Israel
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
Get the SBS Audio app
Other ways to listen
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
Share
