Asia Pacific Report
The Free Palestine Party is now an official list party and will be on every ballot paper for New Zealand’s general election on November 7.
The Free Palestine Party is the only party in this election dealing with the most pressing economic, political and moral issue facing Aotearoa and the world today, said a statement by the party.
This crisis is caused by the “apartheid colony of Israel backed by US military power destabilising the Middle East”.
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More than 60 percent of the people of Aotearoa believe that the New Zealand government should sanction Israel for its human rights abuses, this rises to 68 percent among 18-29 year olds.
The only way to bring peace to the Middle East, stop a global depression and end the holocaust of our time, is to put an end to the apartheid state of Israel, just like apartheid South Africa.
The people of Aotearoa helped fight for the end of the apartheid state of South Africa and thousands of Kiwis today have joined the ongoing protests against the crimes of Israel.
“It is time for Kiwis and Aotearoa to be leaders in the struggle against Zionism and Israel, as we were in the anti-nuclear and anti-apartheid movements,” said the Free Palestine Party statement.
Centre of NZ politics
“The party has become registered with the Electoral Commission to push this issue to the centre of New Zealand politics “where it should be”.
Protesters over the Gaza genocide have held weekly demonstrations at multiple venues across New Zealand for 149 weeks — the longest continuous protests on an issue in New Zeakand’s history.
Six main principles in the party’s platform would help in the fight against apartheid and would stop New Zealand from being complicit in the crimes against humanity of Israel and the United States, said the statement:
The principles are:
- The right of Return for all Palestinians;
- The primacy of international law and UN resolutions;
- Upholding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in relation to Zionist abuses;
- Single State Solution for the whole of Palestine;
- Unconditional support for all forms of Palestine resistance; and
- Independent NZ foreign policy and withdrawal from military and security alliances with US.
- More information on the Free Palestine Party
This content originally appeared on Asia Pacific Report and was authored by APR editor.