Foreign Minister Winston Peters has issued a call for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, as New Zealand joins 27 other countries in a joint statement condemning the ongoing violence in the region.
Speaking in Parliament nearly a month after his last ministerial statement on the Middle East, Peters highlighted the suffering endured by both Israelis and Palestinians. He acknowledged the trauma faced by Israeli families whose loved ones remain held hostage by Hamas since the October 2023 attacks, and condemned Hamas’ actions as “heinous and immoral.” At the same time, he denounced the Israeli government’s ongoing military response, describing it as no longer “proportionate, reasonable or moral.”
Peters noted the devastation in Gaza, where “more and more innocent Palestinian civilians [are] starving, being deprived of their basic needs, and being killed every day.” He emphasised that the international community, along with a majority of Israelis and Palestinians, is united in its call for the violence to end.
Peters praised recent diplomatic efforts by the United States to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, which helped avert a broader regional war. However, he stressed that the crisis in Gaza remains urgent and intolerable.
New Zealand has consistently advocated for a two-state solution and has taken steps against actions undermining that goal. Peters reaffirmed the government’s designation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation and noted that travel bans have been placed on certain Israeli ministers promoting illegal settlements and settler violence.
The joint statement issued by Peters and his international counterparts condemned both Hamas’ continued detention of hostages and Israel’s policies that have led to “untold and unimaginable suffering” among Palestinians. It also opposed any steps toward territorial or demographic change in the occupied Palestinian Territories, calling such actions threats to the viability of a two-state solution.
“Further bloodshed serves absolutely no purpose. It must stop,” Peters said. “The only way forward is an immediate ceasefire and a political pathway to peace where Israelis and Palestinians can live securely side by side.”
He concluded by reaffirming New Zealand’s support for mediation efforts led by the United States, Qatar, and Egypt, and reiterated New Zealand’s commitment to contributing to long-term peace in the region.
Well, that aught to make Hamas snap to attention and cease fire! Winston Peters of NZ asked them to!
Better late than never I guess but Winston, some of us have been banging that particular drum for forty years and I have personally and repeatedly banged it in your own ear.
” He acknowledged the trauma faced by Israeli families whose loved ones remain held hostage by Hamas since the October 2023 attacks, and condemned Hamas’ actions as “heinous and immoral.””
And, how about all the Palestinians held without charge in Israeli prisons for years, including children? Is it not one of the reasons for October 7?
And, isn’t it Netanyahu’s government that is responsible for those Israeli hostages not being returned months ago? Seeing as there has been numerous deals for all hostages/prisoners to be exchanged that Israel has rejected.
“At the same time, he denounced the Israeli government’s ongoing military response, describing it as no longer “proportionate, reasonable or moral.””
It hasn’t been proportionate, reasonable or moral since a couple of weeks after Oct 7. It is ethnic cleansing of the Gaza strip.
I wonder if Peters know what happened on the 15th May 1948.
“He concluded by reaffirming New Zealand’s support for mediation efforts led by the United States”?
You mean the very Zionist controlled US corporation that is funding the genocide of the semitic Palestinians by the Empires owned and controlled Israel, the lunatic Zionist terrorists masquerading as “gods (with a little g) chosen ones Peters.
This is why the 5-Eyes, Palantir and Thiel along with the quiet and hidden J3wi$h supporters in NZ need to be booted-OUT of Aotearoa!
https://www.bitchute.com/video/HQ4RikHnhHIx
https://www.unz.com/article/profiling-palantir-the-tech-firm-beloved-by-the-wef-and-founded-by-peter-thiel-and-zionist-zealot-alex-karp-that-is-watching-every-last-move-you-make/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipTO_7mUOw&t=414s
Winston and all NZ First and NZ Loyal Party Officers need to up their security if possible due to blow-back from the Mossad, CIA, SIS along with DARPA and the Rand Corp interfering with the due-processes of governance and justice here in NZ.
Get your computers, laptops, iPhones etc. checked for malicious and planted child porn as well!
Obviously hasn’t got a clue what he’s talking about, the Arab culture is completely foreign to him…..
Ugh, whatever. Another squeak of protest from NZ’s so called government.
After the Palestinians have finally been dragged down to the level of the jew, NZ starts talking tough.
Maybe if the world took this stance in 1948 there wouldn’t be all this unnecessary bloodshed.
Rant of the Week: The Monsters Who Rule Us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYFcMd-3wU4&list=TLPQMjIwNzIwMjVkSFDgKmkClA&index=12