Published: 19 June 2020
Last updated: 4 March 2024
A statement released this week by six groups said “Israel legitimately relied on international law when the state was established and it should not now brazenly act in violation of international law.
“The threatened annexation is also politically reckless. It completely disregards the collective and individual rights of Palestinian inhabitants of the occupied territories,” the statement continued.
The alliance includes Ameinu Australia, the Australian Jewish Democratic Society, Jewish Voices for Peace and Justice (NSW), J‐Greens Victoria, Meretz Australia and NIF Australia, covering voices from the political, environmental, gender equality and youth spheres.
The statement acknowledged that although “the Palestinian leadership has not always acted wisely in this national conflict, whatever the past history, enduring peace can only be achieved by a mutually agreed solution that recognises the national existence of both peoples and allows them both to live in equality, freedom and security”.
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