00:00146 UN member states currently recognise Palestinian statehood.
00:06That is three quarters of the United Nations membership.
00:11And so far over the last few weeks we have seen that the United Kingdom, Canada, France and Australia have all moved to commit their intent.
00:19But so far all our government can seem to do is commit to a process.
00:25Mr. Speaker, it utterly beggars belief. Human rights should not be conditional.
00:33We don't get human rights because somebody else decides that we are worthy, but we get them because we are human.
00:40The best way to lose your own human rights is to care about them only when it impacts and affects you.
00:47But Mr. Speaker, we have so much further to go than merely recognising the statehood of Palestine as we should have done 76 years ago.
00:55We can and we must uphold the Genocide Convention, which means doing everything that we can to prevent a genocide before it occurs.
01:04So, Mr. Speaker, I will reiterate my call for the government to pick up our unlawful occupation of Palestine sanctions bill and to sanction Israel for its war crimes.
01:16If we find six of 68 government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history.
01:23That is completely unacceptable to make that statement.
01:26Withdraw it and apologise.
01:28No.
01:29Then leave the House for the rest of the week.
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