Friday, June 7
To: 'senator.wong@aph.gov.au' <senator.wong@aph.gov.au>
Subject: Gaza
Both Labor and the Coalition have spent a great deal of time this week condemning the words and the actions of the Greens in relation to the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Labor seems to believe that it’s more important to condemn pro-Palestinian actions across our communities than it is to scrutinize and respond to the events in Gaza. Let’s just think about that for a moment:
- Israel has damaged or destroyed more than 70% of Gaza’s housing.
- Israel has damaged or destroyed more than 80% of Gaza’s schools.
- Israel has damaged or destroyed every university in Gaza.
- Israel has levelled vast areas of agricultural land and orchards.
- Israel has destroyed all but four of Gaza’s 36 hospitals.
- Israel has destroyed more than 500 mosques.
- Israel has cut off food, water electricity and fuel supplies to Gaza.
- Israel is deliberately starving the people of Gaza.
- Israel has killed more than 260 aid workers and more than 700 healthcare workers.
- Israel has denied access to Egypt for more than 700 very sick and injured Gazans by closing the Rafah crossing.
- Israel has so far killed and wounded at least 120,000 people, most of them women and children, with the numbers growing each day.
The people of Gaza, and the Australian community, including the Jewish community, would be much better served if the government were to focus on the terrible suffering and death being inflicted on the people of Gaza rather than the shameful political distraction of this week’s events in parliament. If the government were serious about Israel’s genocidal actions over many months, if the government had but a shred of humanity and compassion, then it would have imposed sanctions on the Israeli government months ago.
Whilst politicians posture in parliament, the people of Gaza are being massacred.
It's beyond time for serious action, not political point-scoring.
Mike Griffin
39, Rogers Drive, Valla Beach NSW 2448
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