ACT Party Catch Up Palestine-Israel War w/ Simon Court: 30th of October 2023

For our weekly catch up with the ACT party Rawan spoke with ACT MP Simon Court. 

Rawan started off by asking about what the current situation is in regards to the ACT National coalition and what the discussions have looked like. 

They then discussed the ACT Party’s views on the Israel-Palestine war. The death toll in Palestine has hit 8000 people with more than 3000 being children. In addition to cutting off electricity and water Israel has also begun its ground invasion of Gaza over the last few days. 

Rawan asked about where the ACT party stands on Israel’s current actions against Palestine and what the New Zealand Government should do. They also discussed the Pro-Palestine marches over the weekend and why the ACT party refuses to support the cause of these demonstrations and the Palestinian Community.

Some of these statments where clarified by Samira Zaiton, Co-Convener at Justice for Palestine, during an interview on the Monday Wire.