On the day the federal election was announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Jews Against the Occupation ’48 issued the following statement.

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To the current government of Australia:

As you finalise your policies for the coming election, we urge you not to ignore the three most pressing international issues of our time: the perpetuation of war and division worldwide; the utter destruction of our planet by ecocide; and the erosion of international law and human rights principles.

How these issues play out to our detriment can be seen particularly clearly in Israel’s war on the Palestinian people. As Israel’s colonial project enters its most extreme phase, we witness with horror how genocide, ecocide and fascism destroy the fabric........

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