Statement on the Assassination of Al Jazeera Journalists in Gaza

11 August 2025

Free Palestine Melbourne fiercely condemns the deliberate and cold-blooded assassination of five Al Jazeera journalists by the terrorist Israeli occupation forces:

• Anas Alsharif
• Mohammad Qraqeh
• Ibrahim Zaher
• Moamen Aliwa
• Mohammed Nawfal

These courageous journalists were murdered while sleeping in a tent near one of Gaza’s main hospitals — targeted for doing their job: exposing the truth about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. This is a direct attack on press freedom and a blatant war crime.

Israel’s actions are not random; they are part of a systematic, decades-long plan to erase the Palestinian people from Gaza and all of historic Palestine.

Killing journalists, nurses, and civilians will not erase the truth — it will expose their crimes to the world even faster.

We demand the Australian media break its silence, abandon its complicity, and take moral responsibility to show the reality on the ground.

We demand the Australian government:

• Sanction Israel immediately
• Cut all diplomatic, economic, and military ties with the terrorist regime
• Join ICJ and ICC efforts to prosecute Israeli leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity

To all supporters of Palestine: the time for waiting is over. Take to the streets. Mobilise. Organise. Tell the Labor government loud and clear — enough is enough.

Yesterday, the criminal Netanyahu stood before the world and lied yet again, blaming the very victims he has been massacring for decades. The world knows the truth.

Free Palestine Melbourne stands united with all movements in Melbourne, across Australia, and around the globe. We will not stop until Palestine is free and every Israeli war criminal faces justice.

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