6/9/2023 0 Comments A Brutal Game by Stuart ReesHere is a challenge for the new Labor government and the diverse Greens and teal Independents. But years of political conditioning have crafted Israel as not accountable to international law, as an exceptional state that can behave with impunity. Regarding Palestine, their indifference and cowardice still runs deep.ĭirect observations and accumulated evidence should convince every Australian citizen to judge Israeli policies towards Palestinians discriminatory and cruelly abusive. Israeli police attacked mourners at her funeral, but such brutalities make little impression on the Australian establishment. An Israeli sniper murdered the distinguished Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. In six weeks of electioneering, and despite the election result, Australian politicians did not dare and appear unlikely to dare to condemn the Israeli government’s continued abuse of Palestinians. Justice for Palestinians is a priority issue.
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