A sad indictment of this election campaign so far is that both major parties have been pretty much silent on the genocide in Gaza, even as Israel has abandoned the ceasefire, set up the Orwellian “bureau for voluntary emigration”, blocked all humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, and again escalated their attacks, deliberately killing journalists, aid workers, and civilians, and bombing Gaza’s last fully functional hospital. The very least leaders in Australia should do is condemn these actions for what they are – abhorrent war crimes. And they also need to start paying attention to what’s happening in the West Bank, where the illegal settlers have almost free reign and where the IDF is continuing its appalling operation against Palestinians unchecked and largely unseen.
