Resolution on Gaza That Greens NSW has always had a principled stand on GAZA / Palestine is well known.- It seems Labor has started its debate - Better late than never I say ( See article below). greens.org.au/national/resolutions/gaza2014 Labor for Palestine: Its About Time By Stuart Rees Not Standing Alone In recognising Palestine as a state, Australian Labor is not being asked to go it alone, though there would be every reason for taking a leadership role irrespective of the attitude of other nations. Several European countries have already taken this stand. The Swedish Government proposes to extend full diplomatic recognition to the State of Palestine. By large majorities the Irish Parliament, the British House of Commons, the Spanish Parliament and the French National Assembly have voted to recognise the state of Parliament. The motion in the French Assembly invited “the French Government to recognise the state of Palestine in order to obtain a definitive settlement of the conflict.” In September 2014, 660 Israeli public figures called on the Danish Parliament to recognise the State of Palestine. “This would be no anti-Israel act,” they wrote, “it would help Israel’s future.” In November 2014, 106 ex-Israeli generals, senior police, and former heads of Mossad urged Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to negotiate with “moderate Arab states and with Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. bit.ly/1skSrjm
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