Australian PM Disapproves of Senator’s ‘Genocide’ Comments on Israel

Published on May 16, 2024

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised a Labor senator’s recent comments about “genocide” committed by the Israeli government. On May 15, Western Australia (WA) Labor Senator Fatima Payman, the first Afghan-Australian Muslim woman in parliament, made a surprise move by going against her party’s stance on Gaza issues. May 15 is what many Palestinians consider Nakba Day, or Catastrophe Day, which marks Israel’s declaration of independence in 1948 and the displacement of a portion of Palestinians. Ms. Payman labelled the Israeli government’s military actions following the terrorist group Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack an act of genocide and questioned why her party did not agree with her....

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