00:00It's sentiments like these that are fueling the Muslim Vote campaign.
00:06Muslims should vote to get the prime minister out from whatever he's doing, because this
00:11genocide is still happening.
00:12They're not standing up for Palestine as much as we would expect them to.
00:16So they're not really meeting our requirements.
00:21Sydney Imam Sheikh Wissam Sharqawi says the campaign has one goal.
00:25To unify the Muslim Vote on the issue of Gaza and Palestine and justice.
00:33The plan is to support independent candidates who champion the Palestinian cause.
00:38Their first targets include Education Minister Jason Clare's Western Sydney seat of Blacksland,
00:44with almost 32% Muslim voters, and Employment Minister Tony Burke's seat of Watson, where
00:50Muslims make up around 35% of the electorate.
00:54The campaign could also target seats in Melbourne, like Calwell, where close to a quarter of
00:59voters are Muslim.
01:01We want our voices heard.
01:02Labour hasn't echoed our voices.
01:05And should they be punished for that?
01:06I think as an end result, I think they should be.
01:08Muslim Vote endorsed candidates could be announced as early as next week.
01:12They're counting on Muslim voters from places like this, Bankstown in Western Sydney, to
01:17vote as one bloc.
01:19I was born in this country.
01:20I have never ever seen an issue that's garnered 100% support of a community like the crisis
01:27in Gaza.
01:28Highly unlikely.
01:29A lot of them have a lot of different beliefs.
01:32Most of them don't think the same, don't go to the same mosque or live in the same areas.
01:37They have to lose.
01:38They shouldn't be allowed to win in the next election.
01:40There has to be a vote to defeat them.
01:43A warning about how community anger could play out at the ballot box.
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