Australians for Humanity – Demand that the invitation to the President of Israel to visit this country be immediately withdrawn |
A call to withdraw President Herzog’s invitation, uphold international law, and defend free speech and the right to protest.
This demand is authorised by the journal Pearls and Irritations and supported by citizens who are disgusted, outraged and asking, with what values in mind was an invitation issued to a man who presides over ethnic cleansing, massacres, genocide and famine?
The invitation to the President of Israel as head of a state responsible for genocidal acts is immoral and wrong.
The massacre at Bondi requires a national coming together not a visit from a man who has approved the destruction of a people, who has signed bombs to be dropped on Gaza and following the October 7 2023 attack, said, ‘It’s an entire nation… that’s responsible’.
How can the Australian Prime Minister fail to understand that he risks social cohesion by associating our nation with a government that includes indicted war criminals?
Instead of Australian governments passing laws to erode free speech and the right to protest, obligations to the Genocide Convention and to the International Court of Justice should be implemented.
State violence can be ended by respecting international law and by achieving justice for Palestine.
If the invitation to President Herzog is not withdrawn, voters should tell their elected members we cannot support such irresponsible action by this government.
* Supported by Australians for Humanity: Margaret Reynolds, John Menadue, Alison Broinowski, Paul Heywood-Smith, Stuart Rees, Paul Chambers, Helen McCue, Richard Broinowski, Richard Hil, Barb Durance, Peter Slezak, Lama Qasem, Greg Barns, Mary Kostakidis & by these
Organisations: APAN; AFOPA; IPAN; Amnesty International Australia; Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia); Jews Against the Occupation 1948; Anti-Zionism Australia; Arab Council Australia; Readers and Writers Against Genocide; Coalition for Women for Justice and Peace; Jewish Voices of Inner Sydney (JVOIS); Loud Jew Collective; Sydney North Shore for Palestine; Jews for Palestine WA; Ireland Palestine Solidarity Australia; Labor Friends of Palestine; Greens for Palestine; Global Movement for Gaza; Friends of Palestine Tasmania; Brisbane Bush Telegraph; Blue Mountains Peace Collective; Muslim Votes Matter; Anti AUKUS Coalition; Health Workers for Palestine South Australia; Refugee Action Coalition; Federation of Italian Migrant Workers & Families (FILEF); United Australian Palestine Workers; Free Palestine Melbourne; Palestine Justice Movement Sydney; NTEU for Palestine. Australian Nurses Midwives Fed. Vic for Palestine; Academics for Palestine SA; Macquarie University Staff for Palestine; Animal Care Workers for Palestine; Marrickville........