Bandt continues:

We have just said from Day 1 that the people of Palestine and the people of Israel are both entitled to live in a just and lasting peace and have their rights to self-determination recognised under international law.

And we’ve said that – that has to be premised on an ending of the occupation of Palestine.

Because that is the only way that there can be that just and lasting peace. Our position is grounded in humanity. It’s grounded in international law. And what we’ve seen over the course of this year is slowly, organisation after organisation, coming and recognising the tragedy of what is happening.

I suspect that, at this election, there are going to be many people who will be voting on the basis of the Australian government’s backing of this invasion.

There will be many people who are going to change their vote on that. Because there are things that the Australian government could do that would actually make a difference. We did it when Russia invaded the Ukraine.

We not only issued words of condemnation, but we took active steps to say, “This is wrong.” Because the thing about a breach of international law is there’s not some overriding police force that comes in and holds an extremist leader to account. It’s up to other governments to do it. It’s up to other governments to do it.

And so many people have watched on with horror and seen that the Australian government has just done nothing.

Every time a red line was crossed, they’ve done nothing. They’ve continued the 2-way military trade. They’ve refused to even put the most basic of sanctions on someone who was subject to an arrest warrant from the international court.

So, we’re going to keep saying very, very strongly – as we see now the ceasefire failing to hold and we see paramedics killed, we see more invasions, we see more deaths, we’re going to keep saying – the killing’s got to stop. The killing has to stop.