Letter sent to Prime Minister
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Kia ora Mr Luxon,
Appeal for New Zealand to demand International Humanitarian Law protection for Gaza-bound aid flotilla
An international flotilla of ships and boats is sailing towards Gaza loaded with humanitarian relief supplies for the beleaguered Palestinians living there and suffering from Israeli-perpetrated mass killing and mass starvation of the population.
The people on the flotilla represent the very best of human values and are standing up for humanity when many governments, including our own, are failing to uphold these values.
We are requesting our government inform Israel that Aotearoa New Zealand expects them to facilitate the entry of this humanitarian convoy so it can deliver the desperately needed food, water and medical supplies.
Already 16 other countries have made this request of Israel to respect International Humanitarian Law. These countries are: Türkiye, Qatar, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ireland, Libya, Malaysia, the Maldives, Mexico, Pakistan, Oman, Slovenia, South Africa, and Spain.
We want New Zealand to join this call.
Unfortunately, In the past Israel has attacked and boarded vessels bringing aid to Gaza, killing many people and illegally detaining others. Israel has already launched at least two drone attacks on vessels which are part of this flotilla.
There are three New Zealanders aboard this international flotilla and we want our government to stand up for them and for all the internationals taking part in this mercy-mission to Gaza.
Please respond urgently to this appeal.
We look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Ngā mihi.
Nā,
John Minto
Co-Chair PSNA
There should be unarmed air support from the international community for the flotilla.
I am not sure if the participants are supremely brave or ready to die because the IDF has reached the level of psychopathy to just blow the boats out of the water.
International support would gain a lot of focus and solidarity. If the Flotilla is not allowed access Israeli shipping should be blocked all round the world wherever support can be won.
Certainly they are accepting of the possibility of martyrdom- and the reality that their deaths, should they occur, could save hundreds if not thousands of lives from zionist predation.
Will the IDF take that risk, that by killing some good-hearted Western gentiles who they absolutely want to kill, they might lose the ability to rape and torture and kill many more of their primary prey? Probably not, but not because they see white people or people from nations outside of Palestine as more valuable, a Greta Thunberg is as much a beast without a soul to them as a Palestinian grandmother born before their disgusting fake nation ever existed.
No, they will not take that risk, simply because they lust to shed the blood of as many innocents as possible, to be as cruel and evil as they possibly can, and doing things which will REALLY bring the reality of the Gaza Holocaust to the TV and mobile phone screens of Westerners and possibly force them to stop or moderate their assault on the Palestinians of Gaza earlier risks getting in the way of that.
We saw this for example in the Nasser Hospital ‘double tap’. Before they fired on the hospital, they had their patsies in the World Health Organization get all the foreign volunteers out for a mandatory training session. Because they knew it would be bad PR.
https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/local-nurse-practitioner-mourns-friend-killed-in-gaza-hospital-bombing
https://x.com/LibyanIntegrity/status/1960051286444802317
No, they’ll stick to trying to disable ships enough to turn them around, and stealing the ships and kidnapping the volunteers when they near Palestinian waters.
This would be the moral thing to do- if the Luxon regime can send Te Kaha to harass Yemeni fishermen on ‘israeli’ orders because they’re mad that the Yemeni government takes its responsibilities under international human rights laws seriously, surely we could assist humanitarian aid too?
John – Those “drone” attacks were firecrackers let off by the crew…
Greta is craving another kosher sandwich. She can eat it in her Israeli jail cell while she checks her bank account for the money Qatar is depositing there as payment for her pathetic stunt.