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What is Australia's official stance on the genocide in Gaza? (infosec.pub)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/australianpolitics@aussie.zone
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Curious about Australia's stance here. A quick search showed conflicting facts.

This page from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade states that Australia does not recognise a Palestinian state.

However this other article I found says there was a shift to recognise a Palestinian state in august.

Is the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade page just old and needs updating? Does Australia recognise a Palestinian state or not?

Are people openly talking about the genocide in Gaza or is it considered some taboo topic?

Do people get fired for saying genocide is wrong or the the people in Gaza have a right to live?

Are people getting dissapeared for expressing solidarity with Palestinians like they are in the USA?

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[–] 2 points 1 year ago*

Australia has always been at war with Eurasia

I have been accosted on the street twice in a month for wearing a keffiyeh, but there are regularly some of the largest protests in my lifetime, in support of Palestine

the recent steps to recognise Palestine have come with conditions, such as the complete disbandment of Hamas, so I imagine it's mostly posturing from our opportunist government to settle the people who have been organising around this, especially after 2023

before this Nakba day rallies had fewer than 1000 people turn out, but recently they have been HUGE

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