Na Lyndal Rowlands, Al Jazeera, Nowemapa 15, 2023
ʻO nā kūʻē kūʻē ma nā awa moku a me kahi hihia hoʻokolokolo kūʻokoʻa e lawe mai ana i ka nānā ʻana i nā mea kaua Australia i lawe aku i ka ʻIseraʻela i waena o ke kaua ma Gaza, he kālepa i wehewehe ʻia e ka poʻe hoʻohewa he mea hūnā a ʻike ʻole ʻia.
"He kakaikahi ka poʻe i ʻike aia ʻo Australia kekahi o nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokuʻu aku i nā mea kaua ma ka honua," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Senator Australian Greens ʻo David Shoebridge i ka Senate Australia i ka Pōʻalua.
ʻO kahi hoʻopiʻi kānāwai i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka ʻaha kiʻekiʻe o Australia i ka Pōʻakahi e nā hui pono kanaka Palestinian a me Australia e ʻimi pū ana e hoʻomālamalama i ke kālepa malu.
ʻO ka hihia, ʻo ia ka mea mua o kāna ʻano ma Australia, hiki mai ka poʻe kākoʻo o Australian o Palestine i hui pū me ka neʻe ʻana o ka honua "block the boat" e kūʻē i ka lawe ʻana i nā mea kaua i ka ʻIseraʻela.
ʻO kahi kūʻē kūʻē ma Sydney's Port Botany i manaʻo ʻia ma ka Pōʻaono ma hope o kahi kūʻē like ma ke awa o Melbourne ma ka Pōʻakolu kahi i waiho ai nā mea hoʻoikaika i mua o nā kaʻa e lawe ana i ka ukana no ka hui lawe moku ʻIseraʻela ʻo Zim.
Akā ʻo ka hoʻoholo ʻana inā e hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea kaua mai Australia mai i nā mea kaua e hoʻouna ʻia ana i ka ʻIseraʻela he paʻakikī ma muli o ka hemahema o ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ulu ʻana o ka ʻoihana hoʻouka kaua o Australia.
“ʻAʻole hōʻike ko mākou aupuni iā mākou i ka mea a mākou e lawe aku nei i nā mea kaua; ʻaʻole ia e haʻi iā mākou i ke ʻano o nā mea kaua; ʻAʻole ia e haʻi mai iā mākou i ka mea e loaʻa kālā ma ʻaneʻi ma Australia mai ke kūʻai ʻana aku i nā mea kaua," wahi a Shoebridge i ka Senate i kēia pule.
