Wednesday, 29 May 2024

 Samantha RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) (09:44): I move, by leave:

That this house:

(1)   notes that since the Legislative Council’s resolution on 17 October 2023 concerning Israel and Gaza, which stated that this house ‘stands with Israel’, the following has occurred:

(a) over 100,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, injured and/or are missing;

(b) a growing humanitarian catastrophe caused by the state of Israel’s blockade, bombing and invasion of Gaza;

(c) the state of Israel has begun bombing tent camps in safe zones where over 1.2 million Palestinians are sheltering, injuring dozens of people, including children;

(2)   recognises the brave and courageous Victorians that continue to protest and demonstrate against this genocide;

(3)   stands with students who have been threatened with misconduct for standing up against the invasion of Gaza;

(4)   calls on universities to cease their misconduct proceedings for peaceful protests and to disclose and divest their relationships with weapons manufacturers;

(5)   does not support the state of Israel’s continued invasion of Gaza; and

(6)   supports calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.

Leave refused.