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August 14, 2025

New Zealand Parliament Ejects MP Who Called Out Colleagues' "Spineless" Inaction on Gaza
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In New Zealand, a lawmaker with the Green Party has been ejected twice
from New Zealand's Parliament in recent days for criticizing other
lawmakers for not supporting sanctions on Israel. This is part of Chlöe
Swarbrick's speech that led to her being ejected.

Chlöe Swarbrick: "We can and we must uphold the Genocide Convention,
which means doing everything that we can to prevent a genocide before it
occurs. So, Mr. Speaker, I will reiterate my call for the government to
pick up our unlawful occupation of Palestine sanctions bill and to
sanction Israel for its war crimes. If we find six of six of 68
government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history."



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