Dismay in New Zealand after government fails to recognise Palestinian statehood | New Zealand

Opposition parties, Palestinian groups and a former Prime Minister said that New Zealand was horrified according to the decision of not recognizing the Palestinian state of Palestine, that he placed the country on the wrong side of history and contradicts his traditional allies.

Last week, the UK, Canada, Australia and others officially declared that they were known before a private UN conference in New York. As of this month, 157 of the 193 UN member states recognized a Palestinian state.

In the light of the previous interpretations of the New Zealand Coalition government, especially Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and other senior ministers who knew the state, to be foreseen to be a matter of “when, if not”.

However, in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Saturday, Foreign Minister Winston Peters said that New Zealand will not yet recognize the Palestinian state, while New Zealand is dependent on a two -state solution.

“There is no clarity in a war from the de facto government of Gaza and in the following steps, and there is a lot of questions about Palestine’s future status to be prudent to announce the recognition of New Zealand,” Peters said.

He was angry with many New Zealands who did not recognize the state of state and some of them to social media to share their horrors after the announcement. On Monday, Anglikan and Catholic clergy chained themselves in the Auckland office of the immigrant minister to protest the decision.

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark said that New Zealand has placed itself on the wrong side of history.

“To see that the recognition of Palestine is part of the process of progressing towards a solution, more and more countries are behind for reasons that are very rarely logical,” he said. Publisher Rnz.

The increasing number of states of state’s declarations, as it intensified the attack on the city of Gaza and annexed to recognize the West Bank from England, Australia, France and others. At the beginning of this month, the United Nations Independent International Investigation Commission found that Israel had been genocide in Gaza.

Israel killed more than 66,000 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, and has been injured more than 160,000 since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. According to international experts, Israel’s actions reduced the large areas in the region, and the blockades related to assistance have caused widespread famine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “finish the work ve in Gaza and said that the recognition of a Palestinian state was“ crazy ”when the delegations came out of the address of the United Nations.

The coalition government of New Zealand encountered increased demands to recognize the state of opposition parties, and tens of thousands of new Zealanda increased pressure after marching in the central city of Auckland.

The Human Rights Organization, Palestinian justice, said that New Zealand shows a deep lack of leadership on the world stage of the world stage.

The Green Party said that the government’s refusal to recognize Palestine was a “stain olarak as a voice for peace and justice, and the Labor Party label it as“ shame ..

Lu Luxon had a chance to stand up, but it failed, Hen Luxon said.

“The recognition of Palestine and the sanctions to Israel send a message to Israel and the world: New Zealand, Israel will not stop while ignoring human life and dignity and international law.”

On Monday, Luxon Say Publisher rnzNew Zealands will have strong views on the situation, but that the country may be proud of the government’s independent decision.

“We are not pro -Palestinian, we are not pro -Israel, we are friends with both, but we are wrong, and this is what New Zealand continues to defend with more than 80 ministries.”

A spokesman from the Peters office, who responded to criticism, said that New Zealand did not question the “goodwill of those who choose to get to know Palestine ve and that New Zealand was a common goal to try to bring a two -state solution.

“The place we realize is whether recognition can make a concrete and positive contribution to the realization of a two -state solution in these cases.”