David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Israel's killing has never stopped. The ceasefire may have reduced the devastation, but the bombing continues. A ceasefire is meant to mean no more bombs. Palestinian families continue to mourn loved ones murdered by Israeli American bombs and the Israel Defense Forces. Mothers are still cradling children who will never wake up, and fathers are still digging through rubble with bare hands, searching for any trace of their families. Grandparents who remember the Nakba continue to live and die in this new Nakba. Israel has never stopped bombing Gaza. It's never stopped killing Palestinians, with an estimate of some 500 Palestinians killed during this 'ceasefire'. It's never stopped committing genocide. It's never stopped stealing land and killing in the West Bank.

Now, journalists are finally entering Gaza, but only under IDF escort—restricted to approved areas, forbidden from speaking to Palestinians and given the Israeli tour of the site of a genocide. When journalists cannot freely document atrocities, when they cannot speak to survivors and when they're shepherded like tourists through a tragedy, that's authoritarianism masquerading as transparency. The world must see Gaza through Palestinian eyes. We must hear their voices, honour their dead and demand accountability for every life taken. Justice must come, and, for our part, Australia must stop sending F-35 jet parts that fuel this bloody genocide. We must entirely end the two-way arms trade with Israel, and this government must treat genocide as a crime, not a messaging problem.