Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa – PSNA
PSNA has condemned the New Zealand government’s decision to deploy a “liaison officer” to Israel to work with the US and Israel to implement the Trump ‘peace’ plan for Gaza.
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Co-chair Maher Nazzal says it is ominous
that the liaison officer will be based inside a US military office.
“Instead, we should be working with the United Nations in the region. Trump plans to perpetuate the Israeli occupation under a fig-leaf of it being multinational. That is what we are supporting.”
“This is more of the same complicity with the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza.
For two years, our Foreign Minister has joined New Zealand at the hip to a country whose Prime Minister is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
‘There have been no sanctions on Israel, but we frequently impose new sanctions on Russia and Iran.”
“It’s a knee-jerk reaction for New Zealand to send in the troops to the Middle East to back Israel and the US,” Nazzal says.
“The NZDF was there in Iraq and Afghanistan. The government sent the army up to the Red Sea to fight with the Americans early last year to keep Israeli sea lanes open.”
Nazzal says the government should focus on aid, ensuring Palestinians’ rights and representation, and fact-finding.
“There should be a cross-party Parliamentary fact-finding mission assembled urgently, which could get into Gaza safely before Israel ramps up its murderous assault again.”
“MPs should see for themselves, instead of signing off on a soldier whose job it is to ‘implement’ the Trump plan.
“The King of Jordan has recently rejected the US proposal to join in patrolling Gaza to implement Trump’s vision.”
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“A liaison officer deployment is political cover to assist and reward Israel for its
genocide in Gaza. The US makes bombs and bullets for Israel to fire.”
“It’s a shameful betrayal of Palestine and the Palestinian steadfastness in the face of unbelievable depravity and cruelty.”
“Palestinians have no say in the Trump plan. Trump decides who is going to
implement it. He’s picked Tony Blair. When he was British Prime Minister, Blair, and US President Bush, invaded Iraq to destroy the non-existent weapons of mass destruction. More than a million Iraqis died.”
“In Gaza, more than 20,000 children have now been murdered by Israel in
indiscriminate killing across Gaza.”
“It says all we need to know that the Minister of Defence has never uttered a single word of condemnation of Israel.”
“The New Zealand people stand with Palestine – the government stands with Israel.”
Maher Nazzal
Co-Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa – PSNA
