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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Mostafa Rachwani

Australian public servants call on government to ‘cease supplying all military parts and weapons to Israel’

Supporters hold flags at a pro-Palestine rally outside Parliament House in Canberra
More than 300 public servants have signed an open letter addressed to Anthony Albanese and members of the government calling for an end to arms exports to Israel amid fresh global condemnation over airstrikes in Rafah. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Hundreds of public servants from across Australia and across state and federal agencies have signed an open letter calling for the federal government to “immediately cease all military exports to Israel”.

The letter, signed by more than 300 people, notes a warning from UN experts in February that the transport of weapons or ammunition to Israel to be used in Gaza is likely to violate international humanitarian law.

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