Pine Gap’s involvement in assisting the Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza will be heard
in the Alice Springs Local Court on Tuesday the 23 rd and 24 th September, as two
defendants contest charges for blockading the joint Australian – US military spy base in
Pine Gap Military Spy base, on the outskirts of Alice Springs, provides crucial
surveillance to the Israel Occupation Forces, aiding in the targeting of civilians and
infrastructure in Gaza. Pine Gap’s surveillance operations in Palestine implicates
Australia in assisting in war crimes and genocide.
This court case coincides with last week’s United Nations report, concluding that Israeli
authorities “Intended to kill as many Palestinians as possible” and have committed, and
continue to commit, the crime against humanity of extermination.
Members of Mparntwe for Falastin will be speaking to media outside the local court to
highlight the connections between Pine Gap and the ongoing genocide in Gaza.