The fog of war indeed.
In the same weekend the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor claimed 20 000 Palestinians have been killed in over a month by the Israeli Defence Force…
Geneva – As the war on the Gaza Strip enters its seventh week, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today that the death toll from Israel’s genocide campaign has likely risen to 20,000 dead Palestinians, including those missing under the rubble with little hope of survival.
Euro-Med Monitor estimated that at least 15,271 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed, including 3,561 women and 6,403 children. Over 32,310 additional people have been injured by the Israeli attacks, many of whom are in critical condition and unable to receive even the bare minimum of medical attention due to the Gazan health system’s collapse.
There are reportedly 4,1500 people missing beneath the debris of buildings hit by Israeli air and artillery strikes, with little chance of their survival. Hundreds of bodies that cannot be recovered remain on the roads, according to Euro-Med Monitor, particularly in areas where the Israeli army has conducted ground incursions.
…after Israel revised down the number of dead from the Hamas October 7th attack to 900 civilians and 300 soldiers (not 1400), after it appears no Palestinian missile strike was committed against a hospital and it was in fact a failed missile from the Iron Dome defence system, after it appears there was no Hamas control centre under the other Hospital the IDF bombed, after America bans Israeli settlers from entering America because of the spike in Israeli Settler attacks against Palestinians on the West Bank, after it turns out an IDF attack helicopter accidentally opened fire on their own people at the Nova dance festival, after Israel has managed to kill more civilians in a month than Russia has managed in almost 2 years.
AFTER ALL THAT.
Chippy finally decides enough is enough and makes the unprecedented move to step aside as the Caretaker PM and speak as the Leader of the Labour Party by denouncing the appalling level of Israeli disproportionate violence and demanded an immediate ceasefire .
Labour leader Chris Hipkins calls for a ceasefire in Israel Gaza conflict
Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, saying “the violence and the killing has to stop”.
He has stressed that he has made the announcement as Labour leader, not caretaker Prime Minister.
But Hipkins said it had become “untenable” for him to remain silent.
“It runs against Labour Party values to see the horrific scenes we are witnessing without calling for a ceasefire,” he said.
“Israel and Gaza need to immediately ensure that conditions for a ceasefire be met. We call on all parties to strive to restore calm and restraint.
“We remain very concerned about the humanitarian impact of the conflict.”
Hipkins has called on Israel to allow supplies to be delivered and for Hamas to free its hostages.
“Ultimately we want to see a just and lasting peace.
“The violence and the killing has to stop.”
It is a bold move, it is a humane move, it is a courageous move.
This is what political leadership looks like.
You can’t mourn and weep for Israeli babies while turning a blind eye to dead Palestinain babies!
We know the game now, the NZ Political Right will now try and claim that for standing against Israeli aggression, Chippy is now an antisemite!
The NZ Political Right did it with Chloe Swarbrick, and they are did it to Nanaia Mahuta and they sure as Christ will attempt to smear Chippy out as an antisemite as well.
Meanwhile the National/ACT/NZF hustle is still frozen in time doing nothing but playing to their venal self interests and egos.
Chippy is crap at bringing us a Capital Gains Tax and Wealth Tax, but he has more moral courage than Winston, David and Luxon combined!
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As it turns out it generally takes a sapper a lot longer to clear out booby traps than it does for a missile strike.
While we should appreciate the call for a ceasefire, this is no call out This is bare minimum politicking designed to placate his base while not upsetting any party, chiefly the US and Israel, that has the ability to stop this massacre.
AO. Could be wants a job at a once-was-good university in Massachusetts…
It was important New Zealand’s ex second worst prime minister broke convention and made this announcement as Labour leader.
Or something.
The New Zealand Labour Party leader Hipkins’ call for a ceasfire is far reaching. No less for New Zealand Labour’s sister Labour Party in the UK. Hipkins stance Is a poke in the eye for the British Labour Party Leader Ken Starmer, who sanctioned 53 of his MPs for daring to vote for a ceasfire. They may not realize it now but enablers of genocide will pay a heavy political price. That goes for our political leaders here.
(Luxon take note).
20,000 deaths. Where are all the photo’s of the piles of dead bodies, mass graves.
Just a crock like everything else from Hamas.
DS, do you not watch national and international TV. You don’t need to see piles of bodies to see that many many people are being killed, most of whom are civilian.
Where do you draw the line between defending and attacking.
We all know how dishonest the Americans were about Iraq, I don’t think they and the Israelis are any better now.
And of course hospitals have tunnels under them as do most large buildings, they are called service tunnels.
When US President Joe Biden, (just like you have), questioned the number of Gazans killed by the Isreli bombing and shelling, the Gazan Health Ministry released the official list of names and ID of the dead. The WHO and other humanitarian organizations all agree that this official list of the dead is an underestimate.
Minimize and lie all you like. This is genocide.
Destroyed buildings have people working or living in them & there is an abundance of video coverage to show the destroyed buildings, most people understand that it is difficult to remove bodies from a war zone due to the risk of further building collapse or further attacks so it is understandable that there are no piles of bodies especially when most of us will allow some dignity in death for most situations.
20,000 deaths that’s 1% of the population in a month. So much for those who don’t want to talk about this being a genocide…
There is no doubt, failure to speak or act against these atrocities as an elected official is the same as condoning these atrocities. It follows that these officials are then complicit in crimes against humanity and genocide.
Exactly. I think many don’t realize just how big the crime is. Most wars are fought over territory. This situation however is unique. It is not a war. Gaza has already been conquered many years ago. Its just straight out one giant massacre.
When US President Joe Biden, (just like you have), questioned the number of Gazans killed by the Isreli bombing and shelling, the Gazan Health Ministry released the official list of names and ID of the dead. The WHO and other humanitarian organizations all agree that this official list of the dead is an underestimate. DS and other Zionist trolls can minimize and lie all they like. By all technical and legal measures the mass murder and the statements of by Israel’s leaders of their intention, meets the internationally recognized threshold of a genocide.
Whether the perpetrators are brought to justice or not wil be a test of the so called ‘Rule-Based International Order’.
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