By Greg Bouwer on J-Wire…
Pamphlets have been distributed by Uni Workers for Palestine at Wellington’s Victoria University, publicising grotesque falsehoods about Israel, Zionism, and the Jewish people.
Cloaked in the language of social justice and decolonisation, these flyers attempt to recast terror as liberation, invert victim and aggressor, and smear Jews who support the existence of Israel as colonial occupiers, war criminals, and racists.
Let’s be clear: legitimate criticism of Israeli policy is entirely valid — and necessary. But this pamphlet is not that. It is antisemitism — plain and dangerous.
The flyer in question defends Hamas, a group internationally recognised as a terrorist organisation, including by New Zealand’s own government. It claims that “Zionist occupiers are the root of all violence” in the region, that “all resistance under occupation is justified,” and that Hamas does not fight Jews, but Zionists — ignoring both history and the group’s own words, which call explicitly for the extermination of Jews.
It calls Israel a “settler colony,” and Hamas’ butchery of civilians on October 7 — rapes, beheadings, and the burning of families alive — a legitimate act of “armed struggle.” It references UN resolutions selectively, falsely asserting they affirm the righteousness of such violence.
Read the full story on J-Wire HERE.
