'From the river to the sea': Labor senator breaks ranks to accuse Israel of 'genocide'

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Labor senator Fatima Payman has directly addressed Anthony Albanese in a speech criticising Israel over the war in Gaza, asking for sanctions to be imposed.

Labor senator Fatima Payman has broken ranks to accuse Israel of conducting a "genocide" in Gaza and called on the prime minister and her government to sanction the Israeli government while urging her colleagues to "stand for what is right". In a veiled criticism of her party leader, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Senator Payman criticised Australian leaders for "performative gestures".

Has our humanity been eroded? So eroded, that even when we can discern, we choose to side with the bad.

 

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