New Zealand MP evicted from parliament after passionate Gaza speech

New Zealand MP evicted from parliament after passionate Gaza speechNew Zealand Parliament

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00:00If we find six of 68 government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history.

00:06That is completely unacceptable to make that statement, withdraw it and apologise.

00:11Mr Speaker, it utterly beggars belief.

00:15Human rights should not be conditional.

00:18We don't get human rights because somebody else decides that we are worthy,

00:22but we get them because we are human.

00:26The best way to lose your own human rights is to care about them only when it impacts and affects you.

00:33But Mr Speaker, we have so much further to go than merely recognising the statehood of Palestine as we should have done 76 years ago.

00:41We can and we must uphold the Genocide Convention,

00:45which means doing everything that we can to prevent a genocide before it occurs.

00:49So, Mr Speaker, I will reiterate my call for the government to pick up our unlawful occupation of Palestine sanctions bill

00:57and to sanction Israel for its war crimes.

01:02If we find six of 68 government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history.

01:09That is completely unacceptable to make that statement, withdraw it and apologise.

01:13No.

01:14Then leave the House for the rest of the week.

01:16Not quite.

01:17Absolutely.

01:18Not quite.