Wednesday, 31 July 2024

 Samantha RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) (09:46): 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 have occurred:

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

(b) the Gaza health ministry has declared a polio epidemic across Gaza amidst a worsening public health emergency that has resulted from Israel’s bombing, occupation and blockade of Palestine;

(2)   recognises the brave and courageous Victorians who 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; and

(4)   calls on Labor to take action, including severing military trade relationships with the state of Israel.

Leave refused.