A call to withdraw President Herzog’s invitation, uphold international law, and defend free speech and the right to protest.

This demand is authorised by the journal Pearls and Irritations and supported by citizens who are disgusted, outraged and asking, with what values in mind was an invitation issued to a man who presides over ethnic cleansing, massacres, genocide and famine?

The invitation to the President of Israel as head of a state responsible for genocidal acts is immoral and wrong.

The massacre at Bondi requires a national coming together not a visit from a man who has approved the destruction of a people, who has signed bombs to be dropped on Gaza and following the October 7 2023 attack, said, ‘It’s an entire nation… that’s responsible’.

How can the Australian Prime Minister fail to understand that he risks social cohesion by associating our nation with a government that includes indicted war criminals?

Instead of Australian governments passing laws to erode free speech and the right to protest, obligations to the Genocide Convention and to the International Court of Justice should be implemented.

State violence can be ended by respecting international law and by achieving justice for Palestine.

If the invitation to President Herzog is not withdrawn, voters should tell their elected members we cannot support such irresponsible action by this government.

* Supported by Australians for Humanity: Margaret Reynolds, John Menadue, Alison Broinowski, Paul Heywood-Smith, Stuart Rees, Paul Chambers, Helen McCue, Richard Broinowski, Richard Hil, Barb Durance, Peter Slezak, Lama Qasem, Greg Barns, Mary Kostakidis & by these

Organisations: APAN; AFOPA; IPAN; Amnesty International Australia; Medical Association for Prevention of War (Australia); Jews Against the Occupation 1948; Anti-Zionism Australia; Arab Council Australia; Readers and Writers Against Genocide; Coalition for Women for Justice and Peace; Jewish Voices of Inner Sydney (JVOIS); Loud Jew Collective; Sydney North Shore for Palestine; Jews for Palestine WA; Ireland Palestine Solidarity Australia; Labor Friends of Palestine; Greens for Palestine; Global Movement for Gaza; Friends of Palestine Tasmania; Brisbane Bush Telegraph; Blue Mountains Peace Collective; Muslim Votes Matter; Anti AUKUS Coalition; Health Workers for Palestine South Australia; Refugee Action Coalition; Federation of Italian Migrant Workers & Families (FILEF); United Australian Palestine Workers; Free Palestine Melbourne; Palestine Justice Movement Sydney; NTEU for Palestine. Australian Nurses Midwives Fed. Vic for Palestine; Academics for Palestine SA; Macquarie University Staff for Palestine; Animal Care Workers for Palestine; Marrickville Peace Group; Shoalhaven Friends of Palestine; Search Foundation; Australia West Papua Association; Australia Arab Institute for Culture & Ideas; Tasmanian Palestine Advocacy Network (TPAN); Arab Theatre Studio; Bint Jbeil Association; Maroun Association; Bhanin Association; Arab Interpreters and Translators Association; Coffs Gaza Vigil, Mother International Institute of Education; Australian Beirut Charitable Agency;

& the following Citizens: Nasser Mashni, Arthur Rorris, Judith White, Alex Mitchell, Jo Vallentine, Cathy Peters, Brian Howe, Renata Howe, Henry Reynolds, John Lander, Sawsan Madina, Robert van Krieken, Linda Briskman, Jim Ife, David Goldberg, Jeff Loewenstein, Christa Christaki, Jeanie Lucas, Mike Khizam, Gareth Smith, Mussa Hijazi, Shaoquett Moselmane, John Hastings, Anne Hastings, Reed McNaughton, Eva McNaughton, Kez Thompson, Lyndon Jones, James Kesteven, Julienne Mackay, David Campbell, Gideon Polya, Michael Shaikh, Glenys Sjederot, Ian Curr, Marco Verdugo, Tracy Verdugo, John Tully, Peter Hehir, Bart Ahluwalia, Denis Doherty, John Brennan, Evan Jones, Simon Grant, Jim Kable, John Irvin, Ingrid Leusch, Don Palmer, Jillian Koshin, Christopher J Nicholls, Simon Jones, John White, Sue Murray, John Kotlash, Jim McDonald, Peggy Craddock, Sue Britton, Ahmad Shboul, Susie Carleton, Tony Nesbitt, Caroline Nesbitt, Kate Davis, Jan Hilda, Anne Schofield, Kate Pittas, Mercia Myers, Jane Hake, John Stubbings, Elizabeth Myers, Sarah Chadwick, Michael Amad, Lynn Amad, Hadia Haikal-Mukhtar, Anne Noonan, Amanda Ruler, Frank Stilwell, Michael James, Ian Millis, Michael Fitzjames, Humphrey McQueen, Peter Curtis, April Pressler, Jenny Grounds, Peter Bartos, Michael Johnston, Louisa Romanos, Shamikh Badra, Annabel McGoldrick, Jake Lynch, Alma Torlakovic, Amer Saabi, Wajeehah Aayeshah, Nick Deane, Michelle Dunne Breen, Fiona Stager, Diann Sapwell, Ken Sapwell, Bridget Myers, Joe Collins, Micaela Noonan, Katherine Lyall-Watson, Michael Sagan, Annette Brownlie, Cate Adams, Honey Nelson, Kathryn Kelly, Tamara Jacka, John Hughes, David Higginbottom, Ian Watson, Justin Tutty, Peter Robinson, Andrew Pike, Max Lane, Peter Stanley, Jaimie Jeffrey, Irene Davies, Mark Beeson, Clive Winmill, Sebastian Peady, Gill Boehringer, David Macilwain, Donna Mullaly, Steve Payne, Anne Yuille, Jon Atkins, Bob Boughton, Eunice Goodberg, Brendan Doyle, Julia Duncan, Edie Bransbury, Louise Naughton, Catherine McLeish, Louise Weber, Nicole Everett, Peter Geelan-Small, Billee McGinley, Peter Griffin, Virginie Rey, Ann El Khoury, Stephen Pascoe, Nick Riemer, Tamara Kayali Browne, Janet Rice, Zewlan Moor, Sheryl Gwyther, Peter Harpas, Greg Dare, Margaret Walters, Peter Murphy, Peter Ball, Jenny Forster, Colin Milne, Caiden Bartholomew, Chris Addams, George Shaw, Barbara Laurie, Eleni Elefterias, Sue Thliveris, Alexandra Missiris, Cameron Leckie, Despina Sikes, Adam Rorris, Jenny Malapetsas, Voula Anezi, Billy Cotsis, Kostas Karamarkos, Theo Markos, Costa Markos, Eleni Nanos, Michael Karadjis, Penny Thliveris Costa, Eleni Pitsilioni Alexiou, Con Vaitsas, Felicia Harris, Matoyla Kollaras, Petro Alexiou, Byron Alexiou, Jasin Speedy, Vince Sicari, Rosa Ochoa, Bashir Sawalha, Dorothy Costa, Joseph Bassil, Con Costa, Corinne Fagueret, Kath Midgley, Heather Pate, Suvendrini Perera, Tony Young, Ghaith Krayem, Clint Duncan, Bec Halligan, Alan Musry, Silma Ihram, Andrea Jeffrey, Jon Jureidini, Mahinda Perera, Joseph Pugliese, Rebel Lilith, Anna Copeland, Ricardo de Oliviera, Sandra Rogers, Ian Rintoul, Lucy Bainger, Rick Burns, Chris Constable- Burns, Maree Byrne, Patrick Fitzgerald, Kim Sattler, Peter Galvin, Kate Kelly, Mary Lou Pavlovic, Pauline White, Madge O’Brien, Peter Kearney, Zoe Reynolds, Catherine Reynolds, Ahmed Alabadia, Slavica Zivkovic, Sue Davis, Soraya Issa, David Dixon, Louise Katz, Sally Stevenson, Deidre Stuart, Simon Green, Jane Bullen, Elizabth O’Brien, Rigmor Berg, John Kelly, Francine Bartlett, Margaret Peterson, Ria Peterson, Sophie Singh, Maggie Tate, Elizabeth Glasson, Vera Zaccari, Dale Dryden, Sally Waterford, Tony Harrison, Alison Huggan, Chris Hurditch, Sarah Cains, Kim Alden, Geoff Cains, Ingred Kelly, Noel Ferguson, Vicki Winton, Chris Nash, Wendy Bacon, Peter Musset, Neil Tonkin, Michelle Grimshaw, Alissar Gazal, Barbara Bloch, Sonja Sedmak, Claudio Marcello, Ken Davis, Peter Moss, Alister Sharp, Kim Cross, Frank Panucci, Antonia Rubino, Joan Opbroek, David Rawlinson, Ian Elton, Mark Manton, Terry Lustig, Judith Treanor, Jack Desbiolles, Jane Kenway, Bruno di Biase, Ida Consalvo, John Macpherson, Jocelyn Pixey, C.S. Wong, Andrew Brooks, Allon Uhlmann, Ruth Cully, Susan O’Leary, Kaat Del Maere, Brian Aarons, Mark Diesendorf, Aamer Saabi, Leonie Lundy, Julie Brackenreg, Nicole Armstrong, Keon Bracjken, Michael Fitzjames, Catherine Dobbie, Katherine Lee, Peter Haarper, Nadia Muhkltar, Gary Wensky, Jonathan Smith, Peter Manns, Bull Burke, Darryl Claverino, Con Pakarvarhis, Shirley Winton, Michelle Breen, Brad Homewood, Violet Coco, Olivier La Mer Adair, Paul Gregoire, Tricia Peart, Deborah Campbell, Warren Pattinson, Jim Maher, Robin Sevenoaks, Keith Simpson, Deborah Durnam, Jeremy Salt, Christine Hunter, Margaret Coady, Maryanne McKay, FF Chalmers, David Murray, Mike Needham, Peter Moss, Kylie Barrington, Graeme Pike, Christine Vincent, Bob Axford, Mal Hewitt, David Catchpole, Max Bolte, Christopher Renwick, Ann Marie Malcolm, Paul Ford, John Mester, Diane Bell, Darryl Delaney, John Irwin, Anny Mokotow, Laurie MacSween, Jan Batten, Rosemary Molloy, Paula Mackay, Stephen Mackay, Des Griffin, Brian Abel, Mark Manton, Ross Clendinning, Jessica Corkran, Shayne Collins, Poppy Gee, Elise Klein, Phil Glendenning, John O’Rourke, Belinda Anderson, Shukran Jazeelan, Ali Hammond, Ali Rizk, Anna Bazzi Backhouse, Catherine O’Brien, Celine Legrand, Cesare Popoli, Claire Louise Sheridan, Eddie Moussa, Eddie Zamboni, Fabio Cavadini, Faisa Kassem, Feras Shaheen, Genan Issa, George Oakeshlott, Hannah Thomas, Hassan Awada, Hilmi Dabbagh, Jamal Hakim, Jamil Karaki, Jenniferr Killen, Josii Do, Karl Adra, Lubna Kalache, Malik Helweh, Manal Hammoud, Mandy King, Maral Jano, Martin Kanan, Mutaz Abu Ghazale, Ned Farhat, Omar Jammal, Omar Yassine, Randa Abdel Fattah, Randa Kattan, Rebecca Spence, Reeda Kassis, Saadallah Ramadan, Saadi Nikro, Sana Boukhali, Sarah Bedak-Radic, Sarah Saleh, Sue Topham, Talaat Abou Zeid, Tamara Jawad, Tom Timbrell, Zizi Charida, Habib Chamas, Lynette Chamas, Bill Petrohilos, Daizy Gedeon, Gillian Flaherty, Sonia Bornemann, Taissa Kang, Michael Mathews, Maurice Foley, Kerry Gatliff, Chris Hughes, Steve Curran, Jacob Gray, Sam Shahin, Micaela Sahhar, Vivienne Porzsolt, Hadia Mukhtar, Penny Miller, Alexander Brown, Lindsay Swadling, Stefano Albore, Nicolette Eisdell, Brooke Richards, Clive Lane, Sonja Sedmak, Shukran Jazeelan, Nazia Sowaid, Tannous Francies, Amanda Fares, Samar Ibrahim, Ahlam Karanouh, Michael Bazzi, Willi Senanayake, Tracie Wallace, Heather Scarlet, Ruth Harvey, Julie Marlow, Diane Bretherton, Ann Martin, Jacqueline Buswell, Kenneth McCleod, Lee-Ann Organ, Michael Sergent, Susan Sergent, Helen Hall, Josh Lees, Jude Waugh, Dinah Cohen, Gordon Kennard, Kathryn Fogarty, Margie Hurley, Talal Yassine, Hilal Yassine, Sarah Ibrahim, Antonia Gentiles, Sam Hoballah, Manar Ahmad, Mynal Chowdhuri, Hassan Elzain, Caroline Graham, Cyrille van Heyst, Stephen Frenkel, Michael Levot, Evelleen Richards, Wendy Holloway, Sheena Frenkel, Ahmar Siddiqui, Yusuf Mansouri, Mohammad Ahmar, Deborah El Zain, Michele Schlosser, Eddie Zananiri, Wendy Turner, Henry Haszler, Steve Evans, Yaakov Aharon.

AND THOUSANDS OF AUSTRALIANS WHO HAVE URGED OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ACT ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW TO HALT GENOCIDE IN GAZA

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