9th Oct 2024, 4:17 PM – Senate Motions - Israel Attacks: First Anniversary - Greens motion

The majority voted against a motion introduced by West Australian Senator Jordon Steele-John (Greens), which means it failed.

Motion text

Omit all words after "That", substitute:

"the Senate:

(a) commemorates the victims of 7 October 2023 and reiterates its condemnation of the attacks;

(b) calls for the unconditional release of the hostages and political prisoners;

(c) condemns all forms of racism including anti-semitism and Islamophobia;

(d) condemns the State of Israel's ongoing genocide and war crimes in Gaza that have killed more than 41,000 people and the ongoing illegal actions and bombing in the West Bank, Syria and Lebanon;

(e) notes the International Court of Justice has made clear the State of Israel's occupation of Palestine is unlawful and based on apartheid;

(f) believes the illegal occupation underlies the escalating cycle of violence in the Middle East which must come to an end; and

(g) calls on the Government to take meaningful action towards a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians and others in the Middle East by implementing the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteurs and ending the two-way arms trade and placing sanctions on Netanyahu's extremist government"

No rebellion

Note that West Australian Senator Fatima Payman (independent) is currently listed as a rebel voter but this is inaccurate because Senator Payman is no longer part of the Labor Party and is instead now an independent senator.