Letter

In response to There is no Jewish vote in Australia nor is supporting Israel a vote winner

National day of action needed

I read with interest the article, “There is no Jewish vote in Australia nor is supporting Israel a vote winner”. I agree it was apparent that the election result indicated underlying support for the Palestinian people. It would be a shame for this support to “hibernate” until the next election.

It seems to me that there is a forthcoming opportunity – the UN 2 to 4 June conference on the two-state solution. There is an urgent need to mobilise the various bodies who have expressed support for the Palestinian cause into some kind of non-partisan “national day of protest” in order to influence the Australian Government vote in the UN.

A long stretch, but it may be possible to get people like Ed Husic or Labor Friends of Palestine involved.

— Brian Bycroft from Evans Head NSW