Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Again, this is not a debate on the motion. This is a debate on whether there is urgency for the Senate to actually choose to suspend standing orders to allow the motion to be debated. As I said, the Senate should not play along with the theatrics and the acting of the Australian Greens. Let us be clear: this is a matter of foreign affairs. Australia's relationship with Israel should not be used as a prop, as it is being used, for parliamentary theatrics. Israel is a friend of Australia. Israel is a democratic partner. It is a strategic security partner. You don't have to agree with everything Israel says, obviously, but the Australian Greens do not want to debate.