Australian-Palestinian MP says his people are always made to be ‘strangers in their own homes’
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6YY6S)
Labor MP Basem Abdo urges government to make historic commitment' to international law and human rights in his first speech to parliament
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The newly elected MP Basem Abdo has told parliament in his first speech the government should make a historic commitment" to international law, human rights and peace, saying Palestinians are always made to be strangers in their own homes".
Abdo, who is of Palestinian background, has spoken of his family's journey from Kuwait to Jordan during the first Gulf war before settling in Australia, telling parliament of the intergenerational dispossession" of Palestinians.
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