It’s time for action on Palestine

It’s time for action on Palestine

In its triennial conference on July 24-26 this year, the Australian Labor Party will consider a motion to include concrete steps towards peace and justice for Israel and Palestine.

We need your support to send a message to ALP Parliamentarians that it's time for Australia to embrace new strategies towards a just peace.

Why change?

The current ALP Party Platform states that: Labor is committed to supporting an enduring and just two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, based on the right of Israel to live in peace within secure borders internationally recognised and agreed by the parties, and ...

In its triennial conference on July 24-26 this year, the Australian Labor Party will consider a motion to include concrete steps towards peace and justice for Israel and Palestine.

We need your support to send a message to ALP Parliamentarians that it's time for Australia to embrace new strategies towards a just peace.

Why change?

The current ALP Party Platform states that: Labor is committed to supporting an enduring and just two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, based on the right of Israel to live in peace within secure borders internationally recognised and agreed by the parties, and reflecting the legitimate aspirations of the Palestinian people to also live in peace and security within their own state.

This is very similar to the Liberal party platform, the implementation of this policy usually leads to the stale edict for “both parties to return to the negotiating table’.

Why this is inadequate:

  • Israel has their sovereign state, but Palestine does not;
  • Twenty two years of peace negotiations have not got Palestine any closer to justice; 
  • ‘Agreed by the parties’ means that Israel is given the power to prevent Palestinians from achieving their own self-determination;
  • Majority of the current Israeli cabinet explicitly indicated their opposition to the establishment of the Palestinian state (see attached);
  • The Israeli Prime Minister’s own Party, the Likud party says there will be no Palestinian State.  The Prime Minister indicates he will not be allowing a Palestinian State.
  • UN, World Bank and IMF have affirmed Palestine’s readiness for statehood. Australia has helped resource this by significant aid grants– but Palestine is not being allowed to govern. 

We need to move on from the situation where Palestine begs at the table with their occupiers to international community supporting a real pathway to a just peace

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