Labour backs Christchurch City Council sanctions on Israel
“It is great that Christchurch is the first council in New Zealand to take up this cause. We hope others will follow this example,” Labour’s associate foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford said.
“Christchurch City’s decision is in line with the recent International Court of Justice ruling on the illegal settlements, which said the international community should not ‘aid or assist’ the settlements.
“Labour has called on the Government to direct the Super Fund and ACC to divest from any companies on the United Nations list of companies complicit in building or maintaining the illegal settlements, and use its procurement rules to ban any future dealings with those firms.
“New Zealanders want to see an end to Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, and a political solution that allows the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“Unfortunately, since the Oslo Accords in 1993, Israel has deliberately set out to colonise the Occupied West Bank with settlements housing more than 700,000 Israelis, designed to scuttle any hope of a two-state solution.
“It is time for the international community to take action against this breach of international law,” Phil Twyford said.
As the President of France said last week.
Israel was created by the UN and can be undone by the UN .
Jordan will rip up its peace treaty and I would not be surprised if Egypt does the same.
Would be better to focus on our own extremly poor human rights before pointing the finger at other nations .We are one of the worst offenders and have been so for 200 years .
Ok, two separate issues. Gaza is genocide in real time and you are talking about historical grevience perpetuating into this time with all those consequences, which requires legal untangling. No disagreement, but one does not cancel the other. What’s happening now in Gaza, what Israel is doing with its catastrophic killing of civilians and and genocide in Gaza has to stop NOW. It’s unbearable. They are now attacking Lebanon and now Iran….this could cause WW3