Ceasefire Now! Rallies throughout Aotearoa this Saturday/Sunday to stop Israel’s genocidal rampage against Palestinian civilians – Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

1. Is this a Hamas only event or are all terrorism sympathisers welcome?

   • Depends on whether pro-USA or pro-Israel supporters turn up James.

     Peace in the Middle East, peace everywhere.

2. The Iran mullahs who are directly financing and controlling Hamas who planned this attack with the specific intention of provoking Israel to take out Hamas militants using human shields in Gaza knowing those very Palestinian civilians will die is proof that Iran and Hamas are treating civilians as cannon fodder to whip up opposition to Israel in the west.
   You are all falling in to line.

   • Hamas would not have a chance to exist if Israel had treated the Palestinian people decently from the start. It is an existing comment but the violent attack by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum. There are thousands of years of disagreement between the people there & only one way to peace but the majority on either side are not interested.

     • Well said.

3. What about Hamas’s very real genocidal charter John? You know; the bit where it says “no negotiation, only Jihad”? Or is it only bad when Muslims are killed?

4. Minto is a Hammas supporter, obvious by his unintelligent and blind propaganda. Why not ask for the release of the hostages? That and the surrender of Hammas would end the war today. Why not condone the brutalities of October 7th? Do you also support Isis and the Talban? You need to look up the definition of genocide, because it’s what Hammas practice, not Israel. You ae a leftist fool. Hammas in their own words say they are prepared to sacrifice their own civilians for their cause, which is the removal of Israel and death to all jews. It’s in their own charter FFS! Hiding behind civilians is a war crime perpetrated by Hammas. Targeting military sites is not. Seems Hammas can do no wrong in the eyes of soft leftist Westerners.

5. Australian Tarrant killed dozens of people in New Zealand’s worst terror atrocity. On Israel’s logic does New Zealand now have the right to ‘defend itself’ and carpet bomb Canberra into oblivion? No, only a deluded criminal clown would think this.

6. Seems that the people of Gaza can easily resolve the issue by demanding their elected government to release the kidnapped citizens of Israel.

   Until then Israel has the legal and moral right to do everything in their ability to secure their release themselves and to ensure the permanent security of it’s citizens from a terrorist lead society with the stated goal of the complete destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.

   • The allies of the Palestinians are not helping their cause. With friends like those, you don’t need enemies.

   • “Until then Israel has the legal and moral right to do everything in their ability to secure their release themselves and to ensure the permanent security of it’s citizens from a terrorist lead society with the stated goal of the complete destruction of Israel and the Jewish people.”

     Nope, they do not have any right to kill civilians. Its a law-breaker. Now, if only international law actually meant something, because this tragedy would never have happened in the first place if it did.

7. No thanks. Who’s demands are more reasonable? Israel simply wants to exist. Palestinians, and yes, I deliberately wrote Palestinians and not just Hamas, want nothing less than the total eradication of the Jews. Not just Jews in the ME, btw, but Jewish people worldwide.

   Every ceasefire has been broken by the Palestinians. What’s the point in Israel committing to yet another one when it’s known this will just buy Hamas more time to regroup and plan more attacks?

   The two state solution has been rejected time and time again by the Palestinians.

   No mention of the fact civilians are dying because terrorists are using them as shields. Where Israel only targets terrorists, gives warnings, and kills civilians as an unfortunate casualty of war, Palestinians have been targeting the civilian population of Israel with rockets and other attacks for decades.

   Israel has finally had a gutsful and they’re going all out this time. The casualties of war absolutely suck, yes, without a double they are horrid. Two million German civilians died at the hands of the Allies during World War II but we got the best result for the entire world by ending the Nazi regime. The same applies here. Hamas must be destroyed utterly for the good of not only Israel, but the Palestinian people and the wider region.

   If Israel were to lay down their arms this moment they would be annihilated by terrorist groups. If Hamas were to lay down their arms right now, the civilians in Gaza would be safe.

   All it would take to save the civilian population is for Hamas to surrender, so why aren’t you calling on Hamas to do that instead of targeting Israel for responding to an attack on its countrymen that saw women and babies raped, beaten, decapitated, and burned alive in some cases?

   Hamas started this most recent exchange and the onus is on them to surrender in order to prevent civilian casualties.

   • 100% correct. Why are the Free Palestine protests in NZ not calling for the release of the hostages held by Hammas? Crickets chirping….

   • Try to keep up Aaron, obviously you are new to the conflict as you exhibit a serious lack of knowledge. 10 points for busting out Israels talking points AKA Hasbara, I would encourage you to research the conflict more deeply.
     Your comments reflect my lack of knowledge years ago but thankfully I’m better informed. BTW the “beheaded Babies” has long been debunked, according to Israel media the youngest victims of which there were 7 fell in the age bracket 3-7. Notice there’s no media story’s from the alleged victims parents? Raped? only allegations with no evidence, the only possible case was one woman found with her dress above her knees, hardly evidence since she was found in a burnt out car. Burnt alive? evidence from Israeli survivors themselves said the IDF was firing tank shells into houses with civilians and Hamas fighters, ya think maybe it was Israel that burned them alive?

8. Hamas are the genocidal ones you morons

   • Hopefully the SIS has the resources now, post March 2019 terrorist attack, to photograph and identify those attending today’s protests. Some in attendance will be capable of extreme violence and need to be watched. I also hope they are looking at this blog!

9. Will there be a Taliban information booth or will this be a Hamas only event?

10. Will there be bomb chucking classes?

11. Dissolve the states of Israel and Gaza/W Bank.
    Replace them with a single democratic state founded on a non-racist/ethnic/religious foundation and restore or compensate all those dispossessed from their land and property since 1940.

    Israel’s “right to exist” is a fiction.

12. Do Hamas send out medals Minty?

13. The author talks so many truths, but seems to have overlooked a very simple fact. If those 5,000 rockets had not been launched, there would be no need for a ceasefire now.

14. Excellent, as usual, John.

15. UN official resigns over ‘prima facie case of genocide’ in Gaza
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLu3bNJVQDg

    This year is the 75th anniversary of the adoption of universal human rights …. and of Israel blatantly breaking and ignoring them in in relation to the Palestinians ….

    …. and now Israel politicians are quite openly calling for ,,, and attempting ,,, the Genocide of the Palestinians.

    It’s rather telling how many Genocide apologists there are in this thread,,,, Gaby is not alone in his blood lust.

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