WA Labor MP Josh Wilson has been urged to challenge his party on the Israel-Gaza conflict or follow his former caucus colleague Fatima Payman and sit as an independent.
Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker and guitarist Dom Simper are among 113 Fremantle artists urging WA Labor MP Josh Wilson to challenge his party’s positions on the Israel-Gaza conflict or follow his former caucus colleague Fatima Payman and resign from the party.
“We, the undersigned artists, write in pain and distress, with respect for your position as MP for Fremantle, to ask you to immediately take steps to reverse our electorate’s part in the genocide of Palestinian people, happening right now,” the group said. The signatories called on Wilson to push internally for the government to recognise Palestinian statehood; guarantee permanent residencies for Palestinians fleeing the conflict; and sanction Israel.
“If the Labor Party will not align with these requests, which are also steps other nations have taken, and are in agreement with UN recommendations, we ask that you become an independent member,” they said.“We, the undersigned, would support you in taking this necessary stance, which recognises that Labor’s actions do not currently live up to our international treaty obligations, nor Labor’s policies on war crimes, nor what common humanity requires of us all in the face of such acts.
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