Senate debates

Thursday, 4 July 2024

Motions

Israel

3:48 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I take the interjection: 'You have to pick a side.' That says something, doesn't it? I am on the side of peace and a two-state solution that delivers peace and stability to the region, to Palestinians and Israelis alike. The absolutism from those opposite places no limit on civilian deaths. The absolutism from the Greens justifies the defacing of Mr Burns's office. That's where absolutism takes us. We on this side are for peace, not politics. We are for unity, not division—

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