End Military Co-operation with Israel Resolution.
That State Conference resolves that the Victorian Labor Government should not renew the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between itself and the Israel Ministry of Defence (IMOD) and should end co-operation and investments with Israeli weapons companies.
State Conference notes that, as of May 2024, the MOU has not resulted in any new contracts or jobs for Victoria. Defence jobs are important to the state of Victoria, and they should focus on supplying the defence equipment Australia needs first.
State conference resolves that the Victorian Government should ensure that it is not involved in the production, supply and use of weaponry or military equipment that is used against civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories of the West Bank, and in a war against the civilians of Gaza.
To renew the Memorandum of Understanding with IMOD and continue the partnership with Elbit Systems during a war on an occupied people would be an affront to the humanitarian values of the labour movement and Labor Party, to the commitments in our Party Objectives and Platform and to the expectations and trust of many Labor supporters and voters.
Moved: Hamish McPherson (Indi FEA)
Seconded: Danae Bosler (Melbourne FEA)
