With today’s news that the UK government has finally begun to suspend arms shipments to Israel for its war on Gaza, PSNA is renewing our call for the New Zealand government to suspend exports of Rakon bomb components to the US for the bombs it sends to Gaza.
The UK government is suspending export of parts for fighter jets, helicopters and drones saying there is a clear risk the equipment could be used to commit serious violations of international law.
Even the US government has come to the same conclusion namely
“…given Israel’s significant reliance on U.S.-made defense articles, it is reasonable to assess that defense articles covered under NSM-20 have been used by Israeli security forces since October 7 in instances inconsistent with its IHL obligations or with established best practices for mitigating civilian harm”
The “US-made defense articles” the US government refers to almost certainly include smart bombs with Rakon components.
Auckland-based Rakon Limited has a long history of making crystal oscillators used in the guidance systems of smart bombs. Their 2005 business plan said the company’s objective was to dominate “the lucrative and expanding guided munitions and military positioning market” within five years.
The New Zealand government is trying to turn a blind eye to Rakon’s export of bomb components to the US which are today being sent to Gaza for the wholesale slaughter of Palestinians.
Already the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution calling for a halt to all arms sales to Israel which New Zealand has ignored.
Christopher Luxon must act immediately and suspend export of Rakon components for Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
Apartheid Israel is a failing state and it imperative for impartial rational states to secure the Dimona Nuclear power facilities possibly a deal with the IAEA including rational states like China, Russia, Iran, India, Turkey Egypt etc… The Zionist state has formulated offensive policies in the use of nuclear weapon most important being the “Samson Option” The international communities need to raine in this dangerous synthetic state because it has the potential when it aware of it inevitable demise to use its nukes creating a cascade of nuclear retaliatory response that could end the world as we know it.
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Chuckle. The Jews Air Force just pasted Hezbollah, who got off 200-300 rockets instead of the 6000 they planned for 5am that day.
A sizeable protest that is able to draw attention to both New Zealand’s involvement and NZ govt’s complicity in this involvement may be able to exert change, otherwise we’re just pissing in the wind.
Still enabling Hamas to murder hostages I see. And now they’re going to send the families the videos they made of the hostages before they murdered them – just to twist knife a little further.
how do you know hammas killed them ?after all the IDF shot and killed 4 early on so its quite possable they have killed lots more since
Hamas didn’t deny it. That’s because they’re proud of it and they know that creatures like you will enable their tactics anyway.
Awwww, how terrible. Imagine the filthy zionist terrorists who raped and killed human children for fun in their ‘IDF’ ‘service’ getting filmed getting killed on video. That would be awwwwful.
Get yourself to the frontline. Sooner the better.
Xenophon, with a surprisingly accurate portrayal of Israeli methods. Even more surprising in a mainstream media piece echoing similar truths. Finally, here, Chris Hedges via Jimmy Dore with more nuggets of truth regarding life for Israeli hostages under Hamas control.
“Biden criticises Israel’s prime minister over failure to agree Gaza ceasefire”, Stuff – https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/350401087/biden-criticises-israels-prime-minister-over-failure-agree-gaza-ceasefire
“Freed Hostage Says Israel Harmed Her Not Hamas w/ Chris Hedges” (Jimmy Dore) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5WCfe0c0I8
Why must NZ Govt follow a Labour UK Govt?
Seems you want to cherry pick what NZ should do to mirror UK, as long as it’s aligned of course with your terrorist hugging values.
Israel will stop the war when they are sure that Hamas can never perpetrate another atrocity against Israel.
It helps that Hamas keep rejecting peace deals by adding in unworkable caveats, I’m sure Israel don’t mind that one bit.
Pakepakeha, your proselytize state is haemorrhaging economically, 100,000+ have left the apartheid state back to their ancestral homelands for eva neva to return. Good riddance to this european colonial project.
‘is haemorrhaging economically’
Have you seen the technology, medical and military income generated by Israel?
That statement you supplied seems like you haven’t:
“As of 2024, the IMF estimated Israel has the 26th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP, and one of the biggest economies in the Middle East.”