The Greens call on the Australian Government to add its voice to global calls and forcefully speak out against the Israeli Government\u2019s plans to annex parts of the West Bank in clear violation of international law.
\nLeader of the Greens Adam Bandt said: \u201cThere has been an increasing and overwhelming chorus of global voices condemning the Israeli Government\u2019s plans to annex parts of the West Bank as soon as 1 July.
\n“Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump have virtually no support on the international stage from leaders across the political spectrum, including many Jewish supporters of Israel internationally and in Australia. Yet the Australian Government remains resolutely silent, offering tacit approval for a plan that is an indisputably grave breach of international law, thwarts Palestinians\u2019 right to self-determination, destabilises the entire region and further jeopardises the prospects of a two-state solution.\u201d
\n\u201cThis plan is not only a further blow to Palestinian human rights after decades of occupation and de facto annexation through settlement construction. It is also detrimental to Israel\u2019s security \u2013 a point made by many in Israel\u2019s security establishment \u2013 and it is a disaster for Israel\u2019s democracy.\u201d
\n\u201cThe misguided and dangerous plan for annexation is driven by the far right in Israel and the US. \u00a0It is designed to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state, not to create conditions for peace. \u00a0It\u2019s well past time for Australia to show some leadership and speak out. \u00a0Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Foreign Minister Marise Payne must make clear to the Israeli Government that serious breaches of international law have diplomatic consequences, including the possibility of Australia joining internationally coordinated sanctions should annexation proceed.\u201d
\n\u201cThis annexation is not a done deal \u2013 pressure from countries like Australia can make a difference. There has never been a more critical time for the Australian Government to speak against this gross breach of international law.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Greens call on the Australian Government to add its voice to global calls and forcefully speak out against the Israeli Government\u2019s plans to annex parts of the West Bank in clear violation of international law. Leader of the Greens Adam Bandt said: \u201cThere has been an increasing and overwhelming chorus of global voices condemning … Continue reading “Australia must urgently condemn Israel\u2019s annexation plans: Bandt”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}