Local branches to debate motion calling for sanctions after targeting of schools and killing of aid workers and journalists in Gaza
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Pressure is building within Labor’s grassroots membership for the government to impose sanctions on Israel over its blockade of much-needed food and aid into Gaza, with a key internal pro-Palestine group reporting “a surge in anger and frustration” among members that Australia has not voiced stronger condemnations.
Rank-and-file members in local ALP branches will debate a motion, drafted by the Labor Friends of Palestine group, calling on the Albanese government to sanction individuals and groups involved in forced displacement of Palestinians, targeting of hospitals and schools, and the killing of aid workers and journalists.
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