Independent Australian senator from Victoria state harshly criticized the Israeli occupation and violence in opposition to Palestinians, saying that there can be no peace within the Middle East so long as world powers permit the oppression of Palestinians.
“As long as we allow for the continued oppression of Palestinians, we will not see peace in the Middle East,” Senator Lidia Thorpe mentioned on X on Monday.
“Governments across the world, in an attempt to address anti-Semitism and somehow redress the horrors of the Holocaust are allowing Israel to get away with apartheid, ethnic cleansing, detention of children, torture, restriction of movement and other freedoms, and the illegal occupation of land,” Thorpe advised the Australian senate in her speech.
She famous that the world cries out “never again” after each genocide however Israel is at the moment making an attempt to hold out a genocide and nations like Australia don’t simply watch it quitely however “support the oppressor.”
Thorpe, who’s the primary Aboriginal senator from Victoria, mentioned Palestinians “live with generational trauma of dispossession” as she in contrast them to the Indigenous folks in Australia, saying that they combat for his or her sovereignty and liberation.
“You have the responsibility to support Palestinians standing against it, just as you have the responsibility to support First Nations people here standing against it,” she mentioned.
As lengthy as we permit for the continued oppression of Palestinians, we is not going to see peace within the Middle East.
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— Senator Lidia Thorpe (@SenatorThorpe) October 16, 2023
Thorpe additionally criticized the Australian authorities for siding with Israel.
“I’m not surprised the Australian government, which is itself the illegal occupier of these lands, condones illegal occupation of other lands, and sides with an oppressive regime,” she mentioned.
She continued by saying that nations all over the world stay silent, permitting Israeli apartheid and ethnic cleaning.
“Israel’s indiscriminate bombings on Gaza are killing thousands of innocent people, people who already had to suffer for so many decades in what is often called the world’s biggest prison,” the senator mentioned, noting that the civilians did not assault Israel, however ended up being punished.
Thorpe additionally highlighted that Palestinians, who have been pressured to flee to Gaza when Israel was established in 1948, need nothing however “live peacefully” amid Israel’s continued and unlawful confiscation of their land and property.
“Palestinian voices have all but been silenced over what happened.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com