The historic Harbour Bridge protest for Palestine on August 3 proved what opinion polls had already shown: A majority want federal Labor to sanction Israel for its genocidal starvation policy. This has Labor, both state and federal, worried that they are losing the so-called “middle ground”.

Immediately after the march, federal Labor ministers were clearly reeling from the images of hundreds of thousands of people standing in the rain for hours for Palestine; they know many were joining their first protest.

Labor is now looking for cover and its sudden rush to support a two-state solution may be it. Just what a Palestinian state covering an obliterated Gaza and a besieged West Bank would look like has not been answered by the government, even if the Zionists in charge of Israel’s genocidal policy were to accept it (which they won’t).

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    24 days ago

    The historic Harbour Bridge protest for Palestine on August 3 proved what opinion polls had already shown: A majority want federal Labor to sanction Israel for its genocidal starvation policy

    I’m sorry what opinion polls had shown a majority want Labor to sanction Israel? and why does the Green Left think it represents middle australia?

    The “blame Hamas” line is wearing thin

    LOL

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      23 days ago

      Must feel bad realising your pro-genocide stance is putting you in an ever decreasing minority, eh?

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        23 days ago

        Not really, tiktok trends come and go, I’m in a minority with climate change as well, 90% say we need to do more about climate change! but the moment they have to make any sort of sacrifice at all suddenly the majority are voting for Tony Abbott…

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        24 days ago

        It’d be interesting to know why some people want a ceasefire, yet do not want their government to take any action to reach that goal.

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          Maybe back then a lot of respondents thought a ceasefire was all that was needed to solve the issue, therefore no other action would be required.

          From memory ceasefire now was the main demand at the weekly rallies and protests, from Palestinians here and abroad and among advocates in the media so it would make sense that it was in people’s minds.

          It probably didn’t hurt that it didn’t require Australia to do anything either.

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        24 days ago

        I’m sorry what opinion polls had shown a majority want Labor to sanction Israel?