The New Zealand Government must not recognise the so-called state of “Palestine” at the UN this week.
Doing so at this point would be a reward for barbaric Hamas terrorism and their complete intransigence in refusing to release the hostages they continue to hold in utterly appalling conditions. There is no doubt that the destruction that is happening in Gaza is a tragedy. However it is a tragedy caused by the intransigence of Hamas. And every time more international pressure is applied to Israel, the less likely Hamas are to negotiate or surrender.
The unconditional recognition of Palestine this week by the UK, Canada and Australia, without even requiring Hamas to first to release the hostages is incomprehensible. It doesn’t just represent a total loss of moral clarity. It displays a complete naivety about dealing with terrorist jihadists. It is not a “practical plan” towards peace as the UK Prime Minister described it. It is a free political gift to the vicious barbarians in Hamas, that requires absolutely nothing from them in return.
New Zealand must not participate in this futile virtue-signalling. Instead we should be standing strongly in support of Israel as the only truly democratic and free nation in the Middle East.
Only when the malevolent influence of Hamas and other jihadist forces is broken and detached from the hopes of the Arab people who live in Gaza and the West Bank will there be space for genuine dialogue and negotiation. The sort of dialogue and negotiation that Israel has been willing to engage in for decades – but which has always been thwarted by the jihadists. The ones who promote the genocidal slogan – from the River to the Sea…
It is time to destroy this ideology – not to feed it.
Ewen McQueen
September 2025
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Thank you Ewen. The performative recognition of some fanciful Palestinian state just extends the war and the suffering.
Rodney Hide
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I completely agree but I feel that in spite of the tensions within the coalition which is probably causing the delay – that Luxon and Peters will likely prevail, and they will align themselves with various socialist states and recognize Palestine. Israel must be allowed to finish the job and eliminate Hamas.
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Your comments Ewen are so insightful and so true – Israel has helped Palestinians with so much over the years, conceded so much, so many times for a two state solution only to be thwarted in the end. Golda Meir said ” HOW DO YOU NEGOTIATE PEACE WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO MURDER YOU” Until such time as the Middle East acknowledges that Jews have thousands of years of history in the land of Israel, in 70 years established against all odds an amazing country and have the right to exist in the land of their forefathers, there will never be peace. Shimon Peres who pursued peace with such commitment all his life and his family continues his legacy, would be devastated by the current situation. For New Zealand to recognise Palestine as a state would be a travesty of monumental proportions.
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