Is Australia being transparent about exports to Israel?
About this episode
The episode discusses Australia's transparency regarding arms exports to Israel amidst legal actions by Palestinian human rights organizations.
As the world's attention shifts to the Strait of Hormuz, a group of Palestinian human rights organisations have filed an application against Australia's Minister for Defence, Richard Marles. They say the government isn't being transparent about Australia's arms exports to Israel, and are asking for the release of documents related to potential sales. Defence denies the supply of Australian weapons or ammunition to Israel. Palestinian human rights lawyer, Ahmed Abofoul, was born and raised in Gaza. He spoke to Kylie Morris and Latika Bourke while he was in Australia with human rights organisation, Al-Haq, about leaving Gaza for The Hague; and what the legal application could achieve. Guest: Ahmed Abofoul, human rights lawyer and researcher with Al-Haq Get in touch: We'd love to hear from you! Email us at global.roaming@abc.net.au Find all the episodes of Global Roaming now via the ABC Listen App or wherever you get your podcasts.
People in this episode
Hosts: Geraldine Doogue, Hamish Macdonald
Guest: Ahmed Abofoul
Topics covered
- arms exports
- human rights
- transparency
- Israel
- Palestine
- legal application
Keywords
- Australia
- arms exports
- Israel
- human rights
- Ahmed Abofoul
- Gaza
- transparency
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Al-Haq
Places: Australia, Gaza, The Hague, Strait of Hormuz
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