Greens Israel sanctions bid sunk
The Greens motion named Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and National Security Minister Itmar Ben-Gvir.
A SENATE motion by the Greens to clap sanctions on Israel has been defeated.
The motion, sponsored by Senator Jordon Steele-John, the party’s foreign affairs spokesman, was supported by ex-ALP Senator Fatima Payman, who quit Labor because she wanted a stronger stance for Palestinian statehood.
But Steel-John’s call for a division to suspend standing orders was defeated in a joint vote by the government and coalition.
The Greens motion named Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and National Security Minister Itmar Ben-Gvir.
Steel-John also demanded the expulsion from Australia of Israeli ambassador Amir Maimon.
Commenting earlier on the anticipated motion, Liberal leader Peter Dutton called it an extremist “political stunt” and the barrage of anti-Israel attacks by the Greens “a disgrace”.
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