Plea for Palestinian children

May 26, 2025

I am writing to you to plead that the slaughter in Gaza and the West Bank be stopped. Please pity the children, save them and for God’s sake, don’t be afraid!

I am surprised that the UN now seems powerless to intervene. There must be a way that the UN can firstly get humanitarian aid into Gaza and support the distribution of this aid. As well, there needs to be an international force placed between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

As a senior Australian, I have seen many operations of the UN, but it only seems in the last few years that the UN has become powerless. It seems the US will not ratify many UN proposals and the issue is that now other countries (including Israel) are following the US lead.

Australia was one of the foremost leader countries after World War II when Doc Evatt assisted with a lot of the humanitarian legislation. I feel that Labor again could foment change, but in my opinion, Australia needs to step away from US dominance. My feeling is that there is a lot of support now for Australia to re-assert its independence.