New Zealand is wrong to designate Hamas a terrorist group

Right this moment’s announcement by the federal government to designate Hamas a “terrorist” organisation is cowardly and improper.

The United Nations and a lot of the remainder of world doesn’t give Hamas this designation and neither ought to New Zealand.

PSNA doesn’t assist any explicit Palestinian resistance group – it’s for Palestinians to resolve the teams they assist for the liberation of Palestine.

Nevertheless, within the wake of the October seventh assault on Israel, and Israel’s genocidal response, New Zealand needs to be calling for an Worldwide Felony Courtroom investigation into warfare crimes dedicated on and since October seventh – together with the crimes of genocide and apartheid fairly than leaping the gun guilty Hamas.

At this level we don’t know the folks chargeable for warfare crimes on October seventh from the eight Palestinian resistance teams, and others, who took half within the assault on Israel. Killing civilians and taking civilian hostages are warfare crimes below the Fourth Geneva Conference and the ICC ought to discover out and prosecute these accountable, in the identical method the ICC has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and others concerned within the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The ICC must also examine warfare crimes dedicated by Israel since October seventh, together with the crimes of genocide and apartheid. On this foundation arrest warrants needs to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and half his cupboard.

It’s necessary to level out that below worldwide regulation Palestinian resistance teams have the best to take up arms in opposition to their colonial occupier, Israel, in the identical method the French resistance had the best to take up arms in opposition to the Nazi occupiers of their nation throughout WWII.

Right this moment Israel is chargeable for the longest army occupation in trendy historical past – 76 years to this point and counting. However the Luxon/Peters authorities stands with the occupiers in opposition to the victims of Israeli warfare crimes.

It’s additionally necessary to problem the lies informed about Hamas there are most likely extra lies spoken about Hamas than another organisation on this planet!

One among these is the lie that the Hamas Constitution requires the destruction of Israel and the homicide of Jews worldwide (For instance this was one of many many lies in an opinion piece within the Put up newspaper lately by Daniel Taub – in response to which the newspaper declined to print any letters)

The reality is that within the newest Hamas constitution from 2017, the organisation says

“Hamas reiterates that its battle is with the Zionist mission and never with the Jews primarily based on their faith.”

“Hamas isn’t combating in opposition to the Jews as a result of they’re Jews, however in opposition to the Zionists who’re occupying Palestine.”

“Hamas rejects the persecution of individuals or the undermining of their rights on nationalist, non secular or sectarian floor.”

The 2017 Hamas constitution additionally accepts the state of Israel primarily based on 1967 borders – the exact similar coverage because the New Zealand authorities together with the US, the UK and a lot of the world!

The federal government is on the improper facet of historical past with this choice simply as New Zealand governments had been on the improper facet of historical past designating the ANC and PAC as terrorist teams and Nelson Mandela as a terrorist.