Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 12:48 pm
The representative body for New Zealand Jewry condemns
the inflammatory comments and inaccurate statements made by
two Green MPs in recent days, which risk stoking
antisemitism and endangering Jews in New Zealand, as we have
seen around the world in the last few days.
Following
Saturday’s anti-Israel rally, Green MP Ricardo Menendez
March posted on Twitter and Facebook photographs of himself
and other Green MPs with the caption “From the river to
the sea, Palestine will be free”.
This slogan is
used by Hamas, the Islamist group that governs Gaza whose
charter calls for the elimination of Israel and murder of
She said she had not spoken to Prime Minister Scott Morrison about the teenager’s deportation.
“He knows my position on the deportation policy,” she said. “So actually regardless of whether or not we’re dealing with a minor or someone who’s older, I have a specific objection to the fact that we have people being deported from Australia who we consider to be Australians.”
The boy was deported alone, and it s understood he is the first minor to be sent back under the scheme.
Under current Australian laws, visa holders who are sentenced to at least 12 months in jail face mandatory deportation. For New Zealand citizens who have spent the majority of their lives in Australia, however, the practice can see them returned to a country they have little connection to.
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