Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has criticised the Greens after they sought condemnation of Israel. Two Sydney teal MPs backed the attempt by the Greens to amend a bipartisan motion and erase a statement declaring Australia stands with Israel.
Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham has criticised the Greens after they sought condemnation of Israel.
Two Sydney teal MPs backed the attempt by the Greens to amend a bipartisan motion and erase a statement declaring Australia stands with Israel.“Hamas is a terrorist organisation – they’ve behaved like a terrorist organisation,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia. “They’ve killed babies, they’ve killed children, they’ve killed young people at a music festival, they’ve killed grandparents, they’ve killed a whole suede of people without any regard at all for civilian life.
“There should be no creation of false equivalence between those terrorist attacks of Hamas and the legitimate right of Israel to defend itself from those sorts of terrorist attacks.”
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Greens and Teals seek to condemn IsraelTwo Sydney teal MPs have backed an attempt by the Greens to amend a bipartisan motion and erase a statement declaring Australia “stands with Israel”. Greens leader Adam Bandt’s motion sought to condemn “war crimes perpetrated by the state of Israel”, calling for an immediate ceasefire.
Read more »
Israel-Hamas war live: Israel announces evacuation of residents within 2km zone next to LebanonPlan includes evacuation of 28 settlements after exchanges of fire with Hezbollah, say Israel Defence Forces and ministry of defence
Read more »
Israel Hamas: Penny Wong warns Israel evacuation flights could ceaseAnother 250 Australians, their families and citizens from other countries left Israel on Australian evacuation flights on Sunday night.
Read more »
Israel-Gaza: Why a Gaza Invasion is wrong for IsraelIf Israel announced today that it was forgoing, for now, a full-blown invasion of Gaza, who would be happy, who would be relieved, and who would be upset?
Read more »
Hamas Israel: Israel prepares for war on two fronts, Iran warns of regional conflictWorld leaders step up efforts to curb the conflict, as Israel prepares its invasion of Gaza and skirmishes intensify on the border with Lebanon.
Read more »
Israel-Gaza war live: Iran warns Israel of 'far reaching' consequences over attacks on GazaAs the IDF prepares for 'air, sea and land assaults' in Gaza, Iran's mission to the UN says the situation could 'spiral out of control' if Israel doesn't stop the attacks. Follow live.
Read more »