Labour MP criticised over post appearing to support October 7 attack on Israel

By Glenn McConnell on Stuff…

A Labour party foreign affairs spokesperson is being criticised for a social media post which appears to justify the October 7 attack on Israel, where Hamas militants killed more than 1000 people.

Labour Party associate foreign affairs spokesperson Damien O’Connor, who is a former trade minister, re-posted a quote saying: “Palestinians have every right to do whatever they did on October 7th.”

The ACT Party called on Labour leader Chris Hipkins to reprimand O’Connor over the post, to X / Twitter.

ACT’s Simon Court, who has been a vocal defender of Israel since the war started last year, said the comment shared by O’Connor displayed an “extreme and hateful” view.

Read the full article on Stuff here. And read Radio NZ’s article about it here.

Read the ACT Party’s press release about Damien O’Connor’s post here.