Recognising Palestine is a distraction. We need sanctions to stop Israel killing my people
These jets destroy and destroy Gaza. With the armored steel used in Israel armored vehicles, we stop exporting these parts to Israel. Instead, Defense Minister Richard Marles declares that we are a F-35 country while trying to recognize the government that destroys the government because of its inability to stop exports.
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The truth is that Israel is unpunished for its continuous support from governments such as Australia. In 1948, which continued the occupation of the Siege of the West Bank and Gaza, the same punishment that allows the deportation of my grandfather and my grandfather, today intentional hunger A population.
I have watched bombs in hospitals and schools for nearly two years. I saw my family members killed. I felt lonely when I saw the videos of the children who screamed on my screen, and the world had left us. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was angry when they announced a full siege in the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2024 and declared that the people of Gaza would be treated as my people, my family and that the world could not stop it.
“We fight human animals and act accordingly” Gallant said.
Israel’s reaction to Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 was really crazy disproportionate and violated international law.
As the massacres increased, I listened to the fact that the leaders have published hollow words: the occupation of Gaza, the six -year -old Hind Rajab’s 335 bullets, the massacre of flour, the murder of the tent in Rafah, the murder of more than 60,000 people. Crimes grew. The condemnation has become higher. The actions remained the same.
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Israel will not be stopped by speeches or handshake. It will only be stopped by cutting materials to the military killing machine: sanctions, a arms embargo, the end of trade with this regime. Indeed, for this genocide, Australia is a bare minimum that Australia must do to fulfill its legal obligations to prevent and punish Israel.
This is not abstract to me. I carry the grief of generations and begging the family in Gaza not to stop protesting against this savagery. I will not.
Our movement is heard. Pressure is increasing. The government is mixing; Not outside the principle, because people demand it.
In 2003, the Howard government rejected the mass opposition on the streets and continued to invade Iraq, and millions of people died in war and profession, died for anything. The legacy of the Albanian government should think about how he wants to remember: a government that serves the interests and desires of his people, or a criminal partner in a genocide.
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History is watching. Lives are hanging in balance.
Recognition is not enough. It never happened. Only action can end a genocide. On August 24, 2025, we will be on the streets again as part of a huge walking for Palestine. And we won’t stop.
Amal Naser is a Palestinian Action group and a third generation Palestinian refugee and organizer.
