This was a speech given to the rally for Palestine in Melbourne on July 26.
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Over the past few weeks we have seen two major horrific events. Firstly Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 shot down over the Ukraine and 298 innocent people were killed.
This horrific event has been thoroughly condemned by many world leaders. Many of the Western world leaders have called for retribution against the Russian separatists and for retribution against Russia.
Many Western leaders want embargoes against Russia some from the US Senate and Congress even want war with Russia.
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The Pentagon announced its approval on July 30 for unlocking a huge stockpile of ammunitions for use by the Israeli Defense Forces. It came as the IDF continued to pummel civilians inside the Gaza Strip, as the death toll neared 1400 people 鈥 a majority of whom are civilians, including almost 300 children.
The campaign to save the homes of public housing tenants at the historic inner city suburb of Millers Point is growing.
The NSW Coalition government is pressing ahead with its plan to sell nearly 300 public housing residences, in the face of determined opposition from the community and supporters.
The government has successfully pressured some residents to relocate to other public housing areas, but many of the Millers Point tenants are holding firm and refusing to move.
鈥淭his is not a war. It is genocide,鈥 reads a popular slogan on homemade signs at protests against Israel鈥檚 current attack on the Gaza Strip.聽
The body count is enough to illustrate the one-sidedness of the violence. For the first nine days of their assault, Israeli forces pounded the besieged territory from the land, sea and air, but did not send forces in. About 250 people were killed in these nine days. Only one was Israeli.
These two resolutions were passed on July 25.
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Australian Education Union
The Australian Education Union (AEU) Victoria Branch condemns Israel鈥檚 latest horrific assault on the people of Palestine, which has resulted in over 750 deaths in the past three weeks 鈥 the overwhelming majority of the dead being civilians, and many of them children.
The AEU supports the peaceful community protests called in solidarity with the people of Palestine, to be held on August 1 at 5pm, outside the State Library in Swanston Street, Melbourne.
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