Protesters urge Israel sanctions ahead of MPs return
Hundreds of pro -Palestinian protesters wanted to sanctify the Federal government to sanction on the country before the return of the parliament, while the Israeli Embassy in Canberra.
The rally on Sunday was held on Tuesday in the first three -day protest in Canberra, which resulted in the first seating day of the new Parliament period.
The rally on Sunday saw that hundreds of demonstrators met on the Parliamentary Grass before going to the Embassy.
Thousands of paper kites were placed on the grass, some of them were named after the children who were killed in the Middle East conflict.
Protesters asked the government to impose sanctions on Israel’s Gaza attacks.
Criticism was also corrected against a report to the federal government given by the special ambassador of Anti-Semitism, Jillian Segal.
In the report, he called on the government to receive funds from universities and cultural institutions if they could not act against anti-Semitism or facilitate it.
A speaker at the rally said that Janet Parker, one of the Jews for the Palestinian WA, said that the proposal of the special ambassador in the report went very far.
The rally, “the result will be the pressure of the statements of public institutions censorship and supervision and solidarity.” He said.
Segal’s report said that intervention was needed to address the increasing levels of anti-Semitism in society.
“The plan supports the safety, visibility and contribution of Australia’s Jewish communities, so that no Australia felt the need to hide who they are.” He said.
The Federal Government awaits a report to the special ambassador to combat Islamophobic Aftab Malik to take into account the proposals as well as Segal’s report.
The rally on Sunday in Canberra arrived a day after the activists destroyed the Australian-American Monument in Canberra.
The base of the 80-meter column was sprayed with red paint on Saturday, and the activists reminded that the role of the alliance of nations in the Israeli-Gazze conflict “toxic”.
