A further letter to Penny Wong about Palestine

May 21, 2025

Minister Wong:

I refer you to the detailed and generously polite letter from Dr Sue Wareham, of the MAPW. In just a few days, the situation in Palestine has degraded, with the Netanyahu Zionists declaring planned new atrocities in its appalling rape and pillage of the whole of Palestine.

I note you have flaccidly traipsed along with other nations, waving a withered lettuce leaf of angst intended to satisfy the hopes of Australians for a decent humane response from this country.

Not good enough.

You are not stupid, and you were once the most trusted politician in Australia; yet you fail to deliver anything beyond contemptible platitudes where the most serious, urgent, positive action is so obviously required.

While you slept last night, Palestinians were being slaughtered at a rate of around 100/day. While you had your morning coffee, more than one Palestinian would have died (on average) and during your morning, 25 to 50 – including tiny children, months or even weeks old, were massacred like troublesome insects under the onslaught of a terrible enemy.

How can you justify failing to strive effectively to end this obscene denial of basic humanity?

Do you sleep well at night?