Melissa Parke quits over Israel Palestine, page-2

Originallypostedbydirkjeremy

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/melissa-parke-quits-as-labor-s-curtin-star-candidate-over-israel-remarks-20190412-p51dqz.html

HadshenotcomparedwhatIsraelhasdonewiththeSouthChinaSeasituationshewouldnothavehadtoquit.

Quiteadumbcomparisonregardlessoftheviewsonemayhaveineitherissue.

NothingwrongwithbeingproPalestinianthough.

"Labor's candidate for the West Australian seat of Curtin, Melissa Parke, has pulled out of the contest after reports she told a public meeting last month that Israel's treatment of Palestinians was "worse than the South African system of apartheid".

Depends I suppose on who telling the news. Or is it two separate comments?

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/labors-candidate-for-curtin-melissa-parke-withdraws-from-federal-election-race/ar-BBVSnwf?ocid=spartandhp

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