No Mention ‘Hamas’: Parliament Votes Down Greens Motion to End ‘Israel’s Invasion of Gaza’

The Australian Parliament has voted down a Greens move to suspend standing orders to consider a motion calling for the government to end its support for the “state of Israel’s invasion of Gaza.” The Liberal-National Coalition and Labor Party, along with independents, teamed up to vote down the Greens suspension motion that was put to both the House of Representatives and Senate. Labor Finance and Public Service Minister Katy Gallagher accused the minor party of using the situation in the Middle East to try and win votes. “It’s of deep regret that the Senate continues to face suspension motions like this from the Greens political party, who are clearly only looking for ways to use this crisis to whip up anger to gain votes,” Ms. Gallagher said (pdf)....