By Rachel Moore on Stuff…
Foreign Minister Winston Peters has lashed out on social media at the “protesting” outside his Auckland home on Thursday night, saying it was “disgraceful and blatant harassment”.
“Politicians all have families and children just like every other Kiwi home, and our families don’t deserve to be harassed and intimidated for any reason,” Peters said.
The protesters at his house had called on social media for others to come and join them in solidarity with the three New Zealanders taken into custody by Israeli authorities as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
“New Zealanders’ homes are supposed to be a place where we all can be and feel safe and secure. No one has the right to take that away,” Peters said online on Friday.
“We have one of the most open, accessible, and tolerant democracies in the world. And people have every right to protest and express their views – but with that comes the responsibility to be a decent person and respect the places and times when you can exercise those rights.”
Read the full story on Stuff HERE. And read The Post’s story (paywalled) on the situation HERE.
Read Radio NZ’s story – Gaza flotilla supporters gathered outside Winston Peters’ Auckland home to protest – HERE.
And read the NZ Herald’s story on more protests directed at Winston Peters – Peters slips past Dunedin pro-Palestine protesters at Port Chalmers rail opening – HERE.
