Exclusive: Labor Friends of Palestine hit out at federal government’s stance as ‘weakening’ commitment to Palestinian statehood
What a brave and amazing woman – oh that politics worldwide could have politicians with Fatima’s guts and commitment – Mark
Labor Friends of Palestine have praised Fatima Payman’s decision to cross the floor to support Palestinian statehood as “entirely consistent with Labor principles and policy” and rejected federal Labor’s stance as a “weakening” of its commitment on the issue.
After Anthony Albanese temporarily suspended the senator from caucus, the group wrote to Payman declaring that she had “the support of thousands of rank-and-file ALP members”.
Payman told reporters in Canberra after the Senate vote on Tuesday evening that she had not walked “alone” but rather with “West Australians who have stopped me in the streets and told me not to give up” and “the rank-and-file Labor party members who told me we must do more”.
In its letter to Payman, Labor Friends of Palestine thanked her for speaking out “not just on the issue of Palestinian statehood, but also in support for a permanent ceasefire and your defence of international humanitarian law”.
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