New Zealand is wrong to designate Hamas a terrorist group

Immediately’s announcement by the federal government to designate Hamas a “terrorist” organisation is cowardly and incorrect.

The United Nations and many of the remainder of world doesn’t give Hamas this designation and neither ought to New Zealand.

PSNA doesn’t assist any specific Palestinian resistance group – it’s for Palestinians to determine the teams they assist for the liberation of Palestine.

Nevertheless, within the wake of the October seventh assault on Israel, and Israel’s genocidal response, New Zealand needs to be calling for an Worldwide Felony Court docket investigation into conflict crimes dedicated on and since October seventh – together with the crimes of genocide and apartheid relatively than leaping the gun in charge Hamas.

At this level we don’t know the folks liable for conflict crimes on October seventh from the eight Palestinian resistance teams, and others, who took half within the assault on Israel. Killing civilians and taking civilian hostages are conflict crimes below the Fourth Geneva Conference and the ICC ought to discover out and prosecute these accountable, in the identical manner the ICC has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and others concerned within the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The ICC must also examine conflict crimes dedicated by Israel since October seventh, together with the crimes of genocide and apartheid. On this foundation arrest warrants needs to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and half his cupboard.

It’s essential to level out that below worldwide regulation Palestinian resistance teams have the suitable to take up arms in opposition to their colonial occupier, Israel, in the identical manner the French resistance had the suitable to take up arms in opposition to the Nazi occupiers of their nation throughout WWII.

Immediately Israel is liable for the longest navy occupation in trendy historical past – 76 years to date and counting. However the Luxon/Peters authorities stands with the occupiers in opposition to the victims of Israeli conflict crimes.

It’s additionally essential to problem the lies instructed about Hamas there are in all probability extra lies spoken about Hamas than every other organisation on this planet!

One in every of these is the lie that the Hamas Constitution requires the destruction of Israel and the homicide of Jews worldwide (For instance this was one of many many lies in an opinion piece within the Put up newspaper just lately by Daniel Taub – in response to which the newspaper declined to print any letters)

The reality is that within the newest Hamas constitution from 2017, the organisation says

“Hamas reiterates that its battle is with the Zionist venture and never with the Jews based mostly on their faith.”

“Hamas will not be combating in opposition to the Jews as a result of they’re Jews, however in opposition to the Zionists who’re occupying Palestine.”

“Hamas rejects the persecution of individuals or the undermining of their rights on nationalist, spiritual or sectarian floor.”

The 2017 Hamas constitution additionally accepts the state of Israel based mostly on 1967 borders – the exact identical coverage because the New Zealand authorities together with the US, the UK and many of the world!

The federal government is on the incorrect facet of historical past with this determination simply as New Zealand governments have been on the incorrect facet of historical past designating the ANC and PAC as terrorist teams and Nelson Mandela as a terrorist.