Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister Wong. Israel continues to starve Gaza by blocking food, water and humanitarian aid. Fewer than a hundred aid trucks have been entering daily since the so-called ceasefire, far short of the 600 required by the supposed peace plan. The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to allow unimpeded access, yet this has been ignored. In order to try and break Israel's illegal blockade, brave Australian humanitarians were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla to deliver life-saving food, medical supplies and baby formula to Gaza. They were illegally abducted by Israel in international waters and imprisoned. Abubakir Rafiq, Juliet Lamont, Hamish Paterson, Bianca Webb-Pullman and Surya McEwan have publicly spoken about the physical and psychological abuse they were subjected to. What have you done to hold Israel to account for its treatment of Australians?