The Greens are planning another motion that will test Labor’s unity over the war in Gaza after Labor senator Fatima Payman’s decision to vote to recognise Palestinian statehood.
Labor senator Fatima Payman has become the party’s first member to cross the floor in decades after she voted with the Greens to recognise Palestinian statehood in a vote on Tuesday.
Labor’s WA senator Fatima Payman has demanded the Albanese government recognise Palestine.
The senator also stepped down from two parliamentary foreign affairs committees last week after comments accusing Israel of conducting a “genocide” in Gaza.
The Labor Senator accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza used the controversial “river to the sea” chant in a dramatic intervention.
Senior Labor figures,including the prime minister,also distanced themselves from Senator Fatima Payman who accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza.
Labor senator Fatima Payman also used the slogan “from the river to the sea,Palestine will be free”,which Anthony Albanese has criticised as provocative.
A planned presentation by Perth MP Patrick Gorman at Senator Fatima Payman’s iftar dinner dismayed WA Islamic leaders.