Australia’s Greens – trail-blazers on Palestine-Israel

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The Australian Green Party has recently updated its policy on Palestine-Israel, adopting one of the most progressive policy statements of any political party anywhere.

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• a report on the ABC website of the discussions, including the fact that the greens now oppose the IHRA definition because it “conflates criticism of the state of Israel with anti-Semitism”
• a letter from the Greens Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs + Peace to a friend affirming that the new resolution is “proudly bold and progressive in championing Palestinian human rights and actions”
• The full text of the resolution adopted.

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This article was originally published by ABC on Mon 5 Jun 2023. Read the original here.