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senate vote 2024-06-25#6
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Matters of Urgency - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Support for Israel- Matters of Urgency - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Preconditions to peace
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- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-06-25.127.1) introduced by West Australian Senator [Michaelia Cash](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/michaelia_cash) (Liberal), which means it failed.
- ### Amendment text
- > *That the government amendment be amended as follows:*
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- > *At the end of the government's amendment add: ", once the following preconditions have been met:*
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- > *i. recognition by Palestinian representatives and the Palestinian Authority of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state;*
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- > *ii. that there is no role for Hamas in a future Palestinian state;*
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- > *iii. reform of the Palestinian Authority is achieved, including major security and governance reforms;*
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- > *iv. agreed processes to resolve final status issues including agreed state borders and rights of return; and*
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- > *v. appropriate security guarantees between parties to ensure peace and security within recognised borders."*
- ### Original motion text
- > *That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:*
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> *The need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine.*- > *The need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine.*
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senate vote 2024-06-25#6
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2024-08-04 10:13:30
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Matters of Urgency — Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories- Matters of Urgency - Middle East: Occupied Palestinian Territories - Support for Israel
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<p class="speaker">Lidia Thorpe</p><p><i>(In division)</i> From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.</p>-
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-06-25.127.1) introduced by West Australian Senator [Michaelia Cash](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/michaelia_cash) (Liberal), which means it failed.
- ### Amendment text
- > *That the government amendment be amended as follows:*
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- > *At the end of the government's amendment add: ", once the following preconditions have been met:*
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- > *i. recognition by Palestinian representatives and the Palestinian Authority of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state;*
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- > *ii. that there is no role for Hamas in a future Palestinian state;*
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- > *iii. reform of the Palestinian Authority is achieved, including major security and governance reforms;*
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- > *iv. agreed processes to resolve final status issues including agreed state borders and rights of return; and*
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- > *v. appropriate security guarantees between parties to ensure peace and security within recognised borders."*
- ### Original motion text
- > *That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:*
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- > *The need for the Senate to recognise the State of Palestine.*
<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>Order! Senator Thorpe, I ask you to come to order!</p> <p class="speaker">Lidia Thorpe</p><p>You're complicit in genocide, every one of you!</p> <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>Order! Senator Thorpe, this has been a respectful debate; it will remain that way.</p><p>Honourable senators interjecting—</p><p>Order!</p><p>Senator Shoebridge, you are being disrespectful. I've asked you to come to order and you will come to order.</p> <p class="speaker">David Shoebridge</p><p>Disrespectful is ignoring the genocide.</p> <p class="speaker">Lidia Thorpe</p><p>Shame on you all!</p> <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>I remind senators there are other opportunities for you to put your position, not now.</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>I move the amendment as circulated in the chamber:</p><p class="italic">At the end of the motion add, "as part of a peace process in support of a two-state solution and a just and enduring peace".</p><p>The Australian government is working with the international community to create momentum for a lasting peace in the form of a two-state solution: a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel. We know that it is the only way to break the cycle of violence. The momentum is what we saw in the recent vote in the United Nations General Assembly where 143 countries including Australia expressed our aspiration for Palestinian membership of the United Nations. Australia and a number of other countries including Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada have shifted our position so that recognition of a Palestinian state is no longer seen as being at the end of negotiations.</p><p>Australia is firmly part of the international effort to see recognition of a state of Palestine as a part of a peace process in support of a two-state solution and a just and enduring peace. It is widely recognised that major security and governance reforms are needed. At the foreign minister's direction, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is examining ways Australia can support reform of the Palestinian Authority so that it can deliver on the needs of the Palestinian people. The government's amendment to this motion reflects the work Australia is contributing in the international community. Given the distressing impact of the conflict in the Middle East and here at home, it is the government's hope that senators will send a clear statement of support to international efforts to advance the cause of the two-state solution and a just and enduring peace.</p> <p class="speaker">Michaelia Cash</p><p>On behalf of the coalition, I move the amendment standing in the name of Senator Birmingham to the government amendment for the reasons outlined by Senator Birmingham:</p><p class="italic">That the government amendment be amended as follows:</p><p class="italic">At the end of the government's amendment add: ", once the following preconditions have been met:</p><p class="italic">i. recognition by Palestinian representatives and the Palestinian Authority of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state;</p><p class="italic">ii. that there is no role for Hamas in a future Palestinian state;</p><p class="italic">iii. reform of the Palestinian Authority is achieved, including major security and governance reforms;</p><p class="italic">iv. agreed processes to resolve final status issues including agreed state borders and rights of return; and</p><p class="italic">v. appropriate security guarantees between parties to ensure peace and security within recognised borders."</p> <p class="speaker">Jordon Steele-John</p><p>I would like to speak to the opposition's amendment. The State of Israel continues to deny Palestinians of the right to self-determination and continues to dispossess them of their land. This injustice must be rectified in ways that allow both Palestinians and Israelis to live in peace, security and equality and to exercise self-determination as described by the UN Charter. Self-determination is central here. True self-determination must be supported by the Australian government and by this parliament for Palestinian peoples. Self-determination means you do not prescribe the end point and conclusion of the self-determined process.</p><p>We must recognise the reality that the actions of the State of Israel, the actions of its many governments, have systematically worked to render a two-state solution unachievable. We must have an Australian government which does recognise Palestinian statehood and we must have a government that supports the self-determination of Palestinian peoples. We must do so in a framework that enables that self-determination to be genuine and authentic. We must have an Australian government and a parliament that is willing to recognise that the actions of the State of Israel, both in the invasion of Gaza and before the invasion of Gaza, have continued to perpetuate a deep and profound violation of the rights of Palestinian peoples. We must have an Australian government willing to condemn and reject all forms of violence, especially against civilians, whether it's perpetrated by states, organisations or individuals, and it must be able to do that while recognising the rights of Palestinian people to resist Israeli occupation in accordance with international law. We must have an Australian government that is able to oppose all forms of racism, religious or cultural intolerance, and discrimination in Australia and internationally while rejecting the suggestion that any criticism of the State of Israel or its policies inherently constitutes antisemitism, when that in itself is an antisemitic idea.</p><p>We must have peace and justice for Palestinian peoples. That is what we here in the Greens, with like-minded members on the crossbench, will continue to work in solidarity with Palestinian peoples to achieve.</p> <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>Thank you, Senator Steel-John. I advise the chamber that the time allocated for debate of this amendment has now concluded. The question is that the amendment moved by Senator Cash and standing in the name of Senator Birmingham be agreed to.</p><p></p><p></p> -
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