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The undersigned residents of the Hauraki rohe and the Thames-Coromandel community, call on the Thames-Coromandel District Council and the Waikato Regional Council to pass the following motion:
A CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
TCDC/ WRC call on the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade to:
- call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza
- call for immediate international humanitarian aid to be allowed into Gaza
- provide humanitarian aid to Gaza
- condemn all acts of violence and terror against civilians
- call for the immediate return of all hostages, Israeli and Palestinian
- recognise the State of Palestine as a sovereign state
And add the following to their procurement policies:
TCDC/ WRC will comply with UN resolution 2334, and will not contract with the list of companies identified by the UN Human Rights Council as involved in building or maintenance of illegal Israeli settlements.
Why is this important?
As the Israeli military continues its bombardment and siege on the people of Gaza and throughout Palestine, and the US government continues its support by sending weapons and bombs to drop on civilians, the world is being called upon to act. The genocide we have witnessed over the past 9 months is only the most recent escalation of Israel’s decades-long oppression of Palestinians.
New Zealand is a member of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which requires us to take action to prevent genocide. Having leaders who call out these atrocities and call for action is important and impacts our collective well-being.
145 of the 193 member states of the United Nations recognise the state of Palestine as a sovereign state. But NZ, together with our brotherhood of English settler-colonial states (Canada, US, Australia and UK), are part of preventing official recognition and Palestinian statehood, and thus, deny the Palestinian people the right to have rights. This must change.
Many local bodies in Aotearoa and internationally are calling on governments to take decisive action. The more voices that join this call, the stronger it becomes.
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