Indigenous senator and No campaigner Lidia Thorpe has publicly rallied behind Palestine in a “foul” and “appalling” move, as the death toll in the Israel-Hamas conflict continues to climb.
Senator Thorpe made her stance on the conflict clear in a post on the social media platform X on Sunday night, writing “I stand with Palestine!”
The tweet was accompanied with a controversial map of Israel, appearing to show the gradual dispossession of “Palestine land” over several decades.Many were quick to condemn the senator on social media, pointing to the atrocities unfolding after Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist militant group, attacked Israel on Saturday.
Last month she called on Australia to recognise the sovereignty of the Palestinian people in a speech before the Senate. “I rise to condemn the violent occupation of Palestine, the brutality of the colonial power that is Israel and their state-sanctioned murder of the Palestinian people,” she said. “In 2022, Israeli forces murdered more than 170 Palestinians, including 53 children. Since the start of 2023, 160 lives have been taken, including 35 children.”“This government must recognise sovereignty abroad and at home, recognise the sovereignty of the Palestinian people over all the land taken since 1967 and call for the Israeli government to end the illegal occupation.
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