Labor backbenchers stand with Greens to call for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
by Daniel Hurst, Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis from World news | The Guardian on (#6GDK9)
Maria Vamvakinou and Fatima Payman joined by Coalition's Mark Coulton to receive petitions signed by thousands of Australians
A federal Labor MP has declared that we have to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza" as she stood with the Greens to receive petitions from more than 120,000 Australians who are demanding an end to the fighting.
Maria Vamvakinou spoke out against the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding in Gaza" and also took aim at Israel as she said that thousands of Palestinian civilians including children were being killed by a highly sophisticated army".
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