Protesters urge Australian PM to sanction Israel over Gaza genocide
In Australia, protesters have once again taken to the streets to call on the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to sanction Israel over its war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Demonstrators gathered outside Sydney's Town Hall on Saturday, where Albanese addressed a conference.
They were chanting slogans like, “Albanese blood on your hands" and "Free Palestine.”
"Every action we have seen from the Albanese government for the last nine months has shown us one thing, that they are absolutely complicit in genocide,” said Jana Fayyad from the Palestine Action Group.
"We've seen the Australian government impose sanctions on other countries in times of war, but when it comes to Israel, for some reason, they seem to be acting with full impunity.”
Some members of Labor have already quit against the Australian policy over Gaza
Former Labor Auburn-Lidcombe branch vice-president Mohamad Assoum left the Australian Labor party in February due to its inaction over Israel’s atrocities in Gaza.
"Despite numerous petitions, numerous motions, numerous meetings with ministers and MPs and members of the Labor Party, it all seemed to be falling on deaf ears," Assoum said.
Earlier in July, Senator Fatima Payman also quit the party after a massive rupture with her own government over Israel’s war crimes in Gaza and the government’s refusal to immediately recognize Palestine as a state.
Nine months of Israel's genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza has sparked global outrage with the international community calling for an immediate ceasefire.
The war, backed by the United States, has so far claimed the lives of more than 39,250 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials.
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