Fatima Payman labels Israel’s strike on Rafah ‘deplorable’ and calls on government to cease trade
by Josh Butler and Sarah Basford Canales from World news | The Guardian on (#6N33Y)
Labor senator the first government member to publicly voice outrage over strike in southern Gaza that killed 35 people
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Labor senator Fatima Payman has labelled Israel's strike on a displaced person's camp in Rafah deplorable", calling on her own government to stop trade with Israel and recognise a Palestinian state.
Payman is the first government member to publicly voice outrage over the strike on Rafah's Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood, in southern Gaza. At least 35 people were killed, according to Palestinian medics.
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