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[...] The 92-page document compiled by the legal team lays out a number of specific ways Albanese and other Australian officials have acted as an accessory to genocide, including:

  • Freezing $6 million in funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East amid a humanitarian crisis based on unsubstantiated claims by Israel;
  • Providing military aid and approving defenee exports to Israel, which could be used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the course of the prima facie commission of genocide and crimes against humanity;
  • Ambiguously deploying an Australian military contingent to the region, where its location and exact role have not been disclosed; and
  • Permitting Australians, either explicitly or implicitly, to travel to Israel to join the IDF and take part in its attacks on Gaza.

"The Rome Statute provides four modes of individual criminal responsibility, two of which are accessorial," [attorney] Omeri explained in a statement. [...]

See also: Birchgrove Legal's media release and communiqué to ICC

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Classic Albo move. What a loveable goofball, did you know he was raised by a single parent?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Not sure what a single parent household has to do with how anyone is as a person ultimately? Quite a thing to add to the comment. Aren't like 45% of marriages ending in divorce nowadays?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It was one of the stories he constantly told while he was campaigning as though it's at all relevant to him as a leader. Meanwhile he's off aiding genocide.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

No, no, no, he is just trying to force as many children in Gaza into single parent's households as possible. /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

well he grew up in houso with a single mum so it's actually good when orphans are thrown into the crushing machine when he's in charge.

Like I'm glad we're not axing healthcare to pay millionaires more anymore and shit but my god we need higher standards in politics than "well, he's not hunting the poors for sport so what more can we ask for really?"

[–] ryannathans 1 points 8 months ago

Found the aussies