Senator WATERS (Queensland—Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate) (12:41): I ask that general business notice of motion No. 586, standing in my name for today, relating to Palestine, be taken as a formal motion. The PRESIDENT: Is there any objection to this motion being taken as formal? An honourable senator: Yes. The PRESIDENT: There is an objection, so formality is denied. Senator WATERS: In lieu of suspending standing orders, I seek leave to make a very short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator WATERS: It's disappointing that once again the government have denied leave on this important motion, especially after bringing their own foreign policy motion on. Tomorrow, 15 May, is the day that Palestinians and their friends commemorate the Nakba, and now is a particularly critical time for Israel and Palestine and Palestinian human rights. Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are undermining a two-state solution that could deliver peace and security to the Israelis and Palestinians. Netanyahu is intending to unilaterally implement parts of Trump's so-called peace plan and annex large swathes of the West Bank. It's time for Australia to speak up. We must oppose any illegal annexation and make it clear that there will be serious diplomatic consequences should it occur, just as there have been for other illegal annexations of territory.