Genocide in Palestine and government's slowly changing stances

For some time after Israel commenced attacking Palestine in October 2023, our government, though of socialist bent, had been following a somewhat ambiguous policy on events taking place there.

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Despite thousands of civilians being consciously killed, including children being targeted by snipers, according to doctors from Médecins Sans Frontières, our government remained silent on the issue.

This, even though the UN itself was condemning Israel's attacks on civilians, buildings and the wilful killing of women and children. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres went so far as to say Gaza had become a killing field for children. To many, it appeared the government was remaining quiet as several Lankan workers were labouring in Israel, and the government was promoting migrant workers going to Israel.

Since Israel began attacking the Gaza Strip in Palestine on October 7, 2023, more than 56,000 Palestinians have been killed and another 131,848 injured. As of June 2024, according to the WHO, Israel had attacked 464 health care facilities, killed 727 health care workers, injured another 933 health care workers, and damaged or destroyed 113 ambulances.