Maribyrnong City Council must cut ties with genocide.

With a fake ‘ceasefire’ and the genocide continuing at a slower pace, we can see clearly that the decades-long injustices that led to the genocide in Gaza have not changed. Apartheid, illegal military occupation, land theft, systemic violence and brutal and arbitrary detention remain the reality for seven million Palestinians across historic Palestine.

The Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions remains the most powerful action corporations, organisations and individuals can take to end these human rights abuses. Exerting economic pressure to make the zionist apartheid project financially unviable remains a key strategy towards dismantling this oppressive, violent ...

With a fake ‘ceasefire’ and the genocide continuing at a slower pace, we can see clearly that the decades-long injustices that led to the genocide in Gaza have not changed. Apartheid, illegal military occupation, land theft, systemic violence and brutal and arbitrary detention remain the reality for seven million Palestinians across historic Palestine.

The Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions remains the most powerful action corporations, organisations and individuals can take to end these human rights abuses. Exerting economic pressure to make the zionist apartheid project financially unviable remains a key strategy towards dismantling this oppressive, violent and inherently racist occupation and achieving self-determination for the Palestinian people.

HP products make up 75% of Maribyrnong City Council’s tech devices. Caltex (owned by Chevron) is a petrol option for their car fleet. Microsoft is ubiquitously used. The complicity of these corporations was extensively investigated by the UN Special Rapporteur in her report From the Economy of Occupation to the Economy of Genocide.

Community representatives met with councillors in relation to a proposed motion in support of Palestine, which would:

Remove Caltex (Chevron) from Council’s approved fuel fleet options
Remove HP from Council’s approved computing supplier list
Direct the Council CEO to convey strong criticism of Microsoft’s ongoing complicity via Council’s account channels.

Despite positive signs and a commitment from the Greens to move the motion, councillors — and particularly Greens councillors — now appear to have backed down.

Four councillors took the Pledge for Palestine in 2024 — Mayor Mohamed Semra, Elena Pereyra (who is running for the seat of Footscray in the state election), Bernadette Thomas and Samantha Meredith.

Please join us in putting maximum pressure on councillors to take this practical step towards real peace, justice and self-determination for the people of Palestine. We will not tolerate their use of the Palestinian struggle as a ploy to get elected — they must translate their pledge into meaningful action for Palestine.

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Dear Councillor

I write to you as a resident of Maribyrnong who has watched in horror and anguish during two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, including since the so-called ‘ceasefire’.

As you are aware, the atrocities have been gut-wrenching, and include:

Massive civilian casualties, including more than 60,000 children killed or maimed, and near total destruction of homes, public infrastructure, schools, places of worship, hospitals, universities and agricultural land.

At least 251 journalists and media workers have been killed, making this the deadliest conflict for the press in recorded history.
More than 1,500 healthcare workers have been killed, making this the deadliest conflict ever for health workers, compounding the collapse of Gaza’s already devastated health system.

These figures, drawn from UN and humanitarian sources, clearly show that this is a systematic assault on civilians and essential civilian infrastructure. This assault has been widely accepted to constitute the ‘crime of crimes’, genocide, including by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry in its September 2025 report.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is a non-violent, Palestinian civil society-led, global effort to end the commercial viability of complicity in these crimes, and therefore to pressure Israel to comply with international law and cease its apartheid, occupation and genocide.

The UN Special Rapporteur’s report From the Economy of Occupation to the Economy of Genocide highlighted Chevron (parent company of Caltex), HP and Microsoft as some of the companies most implicated in Israel’s genocide.

Maribyrnong Council has an opportunity to take practical, lawful, leading action by firmly stating that our Council will not financially support companies profiting from these atrocities. You have met with community representatives -- now it’s time to take immediate steps to bring the suggested motion to a vote and get it passed as soon as possible.

Your support of this practical action towards a just peace and self-determination for Palestinians will speak loudly to the Palestinians who have found refuge in Maribyrnong since 7 October 2023 and since 1948. It will also communicate clearly to Maribyrnong residents and the wider community that our council is defined by respect for human rights – not just in word, but in action.

I urge you to take immediate steps to bring the suggested motion “From Words to Action: Council’s Next Steps for Palestine” to a vote. Anything less renders the Pledge for Palestine that four of you took a mere election ploy. I urge you to take immediate steps to ensure Maribyrnong councillors vote in support of the ‘From Words to Action: Council’s Next Steps for Palestine’ motion.

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