AUSTRALIA: Support the ICC warrants!

Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant. This was then followed by yet another legally binding ruling by the International Court of Justice that Israel halt its attack on Rafah.

While this signifies an historic turning point towards what could potentially be the end of Israeli international impunity, we can only lament that it has taken 76 years of ethnic cleansing and seven horrifying months of active genocide in Gaza.

We must seize this opportunity to demand that the Australian Government ends its ...

Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant. This was then followed by yet another legally binding ruling by the International Court of Justice that Israel halt its attack on Rafah.

While this signifies an historic turning point towards what could potentially be the end of Israeli international impunity, we can only lament that it has taken 76 years of ethnic cleansing and seven horrifying months of active genocide in Gaza.

We must seize this opportunity to demand that the Australian Government ends its wilful negligence and finally accepts its legal and moral obligations to demand accountability from Israel.

Join us in calling on the Australian Government to affirm and support the ICC’s independence and its application for arrest warrants, and to use this moment to sanction Israel.

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Australia must support ICC arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant.

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Write to the Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Attorney-General, as well as your MP and Senators to urge them to support the ICC’s application for arrest warrants for these Israeli officials, and use this moment to hold Israel to account for war crimes.

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I write to you today to urge you to call on the Australian Government to support the International Criminal Court’s application for arrest warrants for both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant. I also request that you call on the government to support the court’s investigations into war crimes in Palestine.

Australia has an opportunity today, as a signatory to the Rome Statute, to honour and act in accordance with its obligations under international law to ensure Israeli officials are held to account for their responsibility for the war crimes committed in Gaza. The principles of integrity, morality and justice demand that we depart from siding with Israel and US, who continue to enact, support and justify genocide and apartheid.

The people of Gaza have suffered through almost eight horrifying months of genocide while Western governments shamefully remain silent and continue to provide diplomatic and military cover for the state of Israel.

The ICC’s application must now finally mark the end of decades of Israeli impunity and the beginning of justice for Palestinians. Australia must act in accordance with its obligations under international law. This includes publicly supporting all steps to ensure Israel is held legally accountable for its crimes in Palestine.

I ask that you, as my elected representative, ensure that Australia uses all diplomatic and economic tools at its disposal to end this genocide in Gaza and see Israel held accountable.

I hereby call on the Australian Government to:
- Declare its support for the ICC and its independence and integrity, in the face of attacks and threats by other states, including Israel and the US.
- Publicly affirm and support the administration of arrest warrants by the ICC.
- Rescind the Morrison Government’s 2020 request to block ICC investigations into the situation in Palestine.
- Take active steps to cut ties with the Israeli Government, to sanction both the criminal state and its officials, military officers, and any Australian serving with the IDF for violations of international law. 
- Expel the Israeli Ambassador and recall the Australian Ambassador to Israel.
- Immediately cease all export permits for weapons components where Israel is the end user.

The ICC’s application must put an end to Israel hiding behind its sham 'democracy' to justify its genocide and decades of apartheid, ethnic cleansing and violations of international law.

Australia must finally take the right path towards upholding its responsibilities under international law and act immediately to end the genocide.

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