The two year anniversary of the current and ongoing genocide by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza should be recognised by the NSW Government by the lighting of the Sydney opera House sails with the Palestinian flag. The call comes as the NSW Police have prevented a community rally to mark the anniversary from being given protection from prosecution if it goes ahead.
Greens MP and spokesperson for justice Sue Higginson said:
"The Sydney Opera House has been lit to recognise international issues of importance for years, including for India's independence, French victims of terrorism, the war crimes committed against Ukraine, and most recently with the flag of Israel. It's time for the NSW Government to recognise the international atrocity of genocide being committed against the people of Palestine,"
"More than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel over the last two years, with at least 20,000 of them being children. This means a child has been murdered by Israel every hour since this genocide started,"
"The decision by the NSW Supreme Court today, to prohibit a planned rally at the Opera House this Sunday, is a setback for the right to protest in NSW, but it is not a setback to the community movement against Israel's genocide,"
"Hundreds of thousands of people marched across the Harbour Bridge in the March for Humanity a few months ago, and likely tens of thousands more will be rallying in NSW again this Sunday. Premier Chris Minns should heed the community, and mark this two years of genocide by lighting the Opera House sails this Sunday evening in solidarity with all of those murdered Palestinians,"
"The community has rallied continuously for two years against the actions of Israel, and we will continue to rally until the genocide ends and the perpetrators are brought to international justice," Ms Higginson said.
