The following media release concerns a motion con­demning Israel in the UN General Assembly, which Australia voted against. To download this media release in PDF format, click here.

UN General Assembly Resolution on Gaza

Anton Block, President
14 June, 2018

We commend the Foreign Minister and Aus­trali­an Gov­ern­ment for again standing with Israel and refusing to bow to the anti-Israel agenda of the sponsors of the motion in the General Assembly.
The res­ol­u­tion that was passed con­spicu­ously failed to mention Hamas, while an amendment proposed by US Ambas­sad­or Nikki Haley, which condemned Hamas for its war crimes and violation of Israel’s sov­er­eignty and ter­rit­ori­al integrity was supported by a majority of members, but failed to be passed on pro­ced­ur­al grounds.
By con­demning Israel for its response to a violent, armed and coordin­ated attempt to infilt­rate its territory and abduct and murder its citizens, the General Assembly has disgraced itself by siding with ter­ror­ists who cynically use ordinary Palestini­ans as human shields, and com­prom­ised the right of all States to exercise their inherent right of self-defence to protect their people and their territory.
We are proud as Aus­trali­ans to see our gov­ern­ment resist this morally, legally and stra­tegic­ally bankrupt approach.
Contact:
Peter Wertheim AM | Co-CEO
ph: 02 8353 8500 | e: [email protected] 
Alex Ryvchin | Co-CEO
ph: 02 8353 8500 | e: [email protected]