AUSTRALIA REVERSED ITS LONG-STANDING POLICY OF ABSTENTION

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SLUG:  AUSTRALIA REVERSED ITS LONG-STANDING POLICY OF ABSTENTION 

LOCATION: MELBOURNE. AUSTRALIA

CORRESPONDENT NAME: MATTHEW MCDONALD 

NUMBER OF FILES: TWO

SLUG: WITNESS FOR SEA TODAY - PKG - MCD - AUS -  AUSTRALIA REVERSED ITS LONG-STANDING POLICY OF ABSTENTION 

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<<HOST>> EARLIER THIS MONTH, AUSTRALIA REVERSED ITS LONG-STANDING POLICY OF ABSTENTION ON A UN RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT//

<<HOST>> AUSTRALIA NOW JOINS 156 OTHER NATIONS IN DEMANDING ISRAEL END ITS OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES//

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FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2001 AUSTRALIA HAS VOTED IN FAVOUR OF A UN RESOLUTION CALLING ON ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW FROM PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, CEASE SETTLEMENT EXPANSION AND REMOVE SETTLERS// 

THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OF STANCE CONSIDERING THEY HAVE BEEN ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES//

NASSER MASHNI/ SON OF A PALESTINIAN REFUGEE AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE AUSTRALIANS FOR PALESTINE ADVOCACY NETWORK/  HAS BEEN A PROMINENT VOICE IN BOTH AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA/ ADDRESSING NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS AND RALLIES// 

HE CONSIDERS AUSTRALIA'S RECENT VOTE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE STEP AND A POSSIBLE OUTCOME OF SUSTAINED COMMUNITY PRESSURE AND ADVOCACY//

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NASSER MASHNI IS PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN PALESTINE ADVOCACY NETWORK

THIS VOTE IS ABOUT ENDING THE OCCUPATION IT COMES ON THE BACK OF A RECENT RULING AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT/ THAT SPEAKS ABOUT THE ILLEGALITY OF THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND IT WAS VERY EXPLICIT IN ITS DETERMINATION WITH RESPECT TO EITHER ILLEGALITY OF THE OCCUPATION AND THAT ALL SETTLERS AND ALL SETTLEMENTS HAVE TO BE EVACUATED URGENTLY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE//

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THE RESOLUTION URGES THE CONVENING OF A HIGH-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE NEXT YEAR TO PROMOTE THE REALIZATION OF A TWO-STATE SOLUTION.

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NASSER MASHNI - THE PRESIDENT OF THE AUSTRALIA PALESTINE ADVOCACY NETWORK

IN THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE/ AUSTRALIA STARTING TO STAND IN THE RIGHT SORT OF SPACE BUT ABOUT 20 YEARS AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN ABSTAINING FROM THIS INVITING AGAINST IT THIS LITTLE POSITION SO IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE GETTING THERE AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE WELCOMING IT WE SHOULD BE THANKING THE GOVERNMENT FOR TAKING THAT PRINCIPLE POSITION AND ALSO THINKING THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF EVERYONE THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT TO RALLIES//

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AUSTRALIA’S AMBASSADOR TO THE UN/ JAMES LARSEN SAID THAT A TWO-STATE SOLUTION REMAINS THE ONLY HOPE OF BREAKING THE ENDLESS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND ENSURING A SECURE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE FOR BOTH PEOPLES//

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THE VOTE SYMBOLIZES THE VOTE SIGNIFIES A CHANGE IN A LONG-STANDING STANCE AS AUSTRALIA PREVIOUSLY ABSTAINED FROM SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS AT PAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETINGS.

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PROMINENT MELBOURNE FREE PALESTINE ACTIVIST AMIN ABBAS STRESSES THE OVERDUE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF PALESTINIANS' INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO THEIR LAND/ AND RESOURCES// HE POINTS OUT THE STRONG RESONANCE THIS HAS IN AUSTRALIA/  GIVEN ITS OWN COLONIAL PAST AND THE SHARED EXPERIENCES OF ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS AND PALESTINIANS//

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AMIN G ABBAS - FREE PALESTINE MELBOURNE

AS PALESTINE IS AS SUFFERING FROM A SETTLER COLONY PROJECT SO ABORIGINAL PEOPLE THIS IS AUSTRALIA AS A SET OF COLONIAL PROJECT YOU KNOW THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE STOLEN GENERATIONS// 

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PALESTINE YOU ALONG YOUR PROJECT YOU KNOW THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HAVE SUFFERED FROM THE STOLEN GENERATIONS FANS EVEN TO THIS DAY THEY STILL OPPRESSED THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR FISHER RESOURCES TREATIES HAVE NOT BEEN SIGNED BUT REALLY ARE SEEING A SETTLER COLONIALISM HERE AND WE REALLY IF YOU ADVOCATE FOR PALESTINE YOU MUST ADVOCATE FOR ABORIGINAL PEOPLE HERE//

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FOLLOWING THIS VOTE/ THERE IS A NEED FOR SUSTAINED DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE IN THE ONGOING, DIFFICULT FIGHT FOR PALESTINIAN JUSTICE// THIS IS JUST ONE STEP TOWARDS THAT GOAL//

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AMIN G ABBAS - FREE PALESTINE MELBOURNE

WE CAN SEE NOW RECENTLY IS HOW AUSTRALIA HAS ACTUALLY VOTED FOR IN FAVOR OF AUSTRALIANS OF THE PALESTINIAN SOVEREIGNTY OVER ITS LAND AS RESOURCES AND I THINK THAT SHOWS A REAL SHIFT IN THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE NOW WHAT WE NEED IS ACTIONS WHERE WE START TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS WE EXPEL AMBASSADOR WE STOP THE WEAPONS MANUFACTURES/ QUITE A FEW WIN THAT WE'VE SEEN AS WELL IS THAT WE'VE SEEN ONLY INTERNATIONAL STAGE QUITE A FEW COUNTRIES HAVE ACTUALLY JOINED TO SOUTH AFRICA AND TAKING ISRAEL TO THE ICG//

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SINCE HAMAS LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON SOUTHERN ISRAEL ON OCTOBER 7, 2023, RESULTING IN 1,200 DEATHS AND THE ABDUCTION OF HUNDREDS/ OVER 44,000 PALESTINIANS HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ENSUING CONFLICT//

AUSTRALIA IS COLLABORATING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR AN END TO THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AND TO PROMOTE PROGRESS TOWARD A TWO-STATE SOLUTION//

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MATTHEW MCDONALD/ REPORTING FOR SEA TODAY/ MELBOURNE//