Australia PM Lashes Outrageous ‘Israel’ Blockade of Gaza

By Staff, Agencies

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has blasted "Israel" for blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, where people are starving amid the entity's genocidal war.

“'Israel’s' actions are completely unacceptable,” he told reporters on Monday. “It is outrageous that there be a blockade of food and supplies to people who are in need in Gaza … People are starving."

Albanese said he had expressed his criticisms to the "Israeli" president during a recent meeting in the Italian capital of Rome, where he told Isaac Herzog that the entity's "excuses and explanations" for stopping critical food and medical supplies for Gaza were "completely untenable and without credibility."

Last week, "Israel" allowed a small amount of food, medicine and other supplies to trickle into Gaza after an 11-week siege that has left many of the 2 million Palestinians there starving.

In a joint statement, two dozen countries, including Australia, urged "Israel" to allow the full resumption of aid to the Gaza Strip and enable the UN and humanitarian organizations to work independently and impartially to save lives.

“Humanitarian aid should never be politicized and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change," the statement read.

Meanwhile, Labor Australian MP Ed Husic said his country “can and should be doing more” to pressure "Israel".

In an article for The Guardian, he said the government should call in the "Israeli" ambassador to demand “immediate freer, rapid flow of humanitarian aid”, as well as rapidly increase contributions to international aid efforts.

Greens Senator David Shoebridge also reiterated his call for the Australian government to end its multi-million-dollar military contracts with two "Israeli" arms companies and their subsidiaries.