Golriz Gharaman and Marama Davidson have many times been the target of protests from Jewish groups, including the Israel Institute of NZ, for looking at the Palestinian situation with one eye shut. They ignore the constant violence and killings by Palestinians and criticise Israel for defending its borders and its people. This from last year.
“New Zealand Green MPs Marama Davidson and Golriz Ghahraman demonstrated selective outrage last week, suggesting that their concern for human rights in the Middle East extends only so far as Israel can be blamed.
In the space of one week they stridently and publicly condemned Israel for protecting its border and population from Hamas-instigated violent protests, while remaining silent about a horrific chemical weapon attack that occurred over the border in Syria.
The chemical weapon attack killed at least 42 people, including many children. This atrocity elicited nothing from the self-proclaimed human rights activists, not even a tweet.
In contrast, both MPs took swiftly to social media to condemn Israel following the violence on the Gaza border, taking care in both cases to choose a source from fringe anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace, perhaps as a defence against potential accusations of anti-Jewish bias.”
Israel Institute of NZ
Undoubtedly, these two will have nothing to say on the latest persecution of minority groups in the West Bank.
“The Palestinian authority banned members of the Palestinian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community from carrying out any activities in the West Bank.
The Jerusalem Post
The ban came after the grassroots group Al-Qaws for Sexual & Gender Diversity in Palestinian Society (Arabic for “the bow”), which engages and supports Palestinians who identify as LGBTQ, was planning to hold a gathering for its members in Nablus at the end of the month. The group operates both in the West Bank and among Arab-Israelis.”
Ghahraman and Davidson would sooner pull out their fingernails than admit that people of any race, religion or sexual orientation are welcome in Israel. The Israeli Defense Forces, for example, currently does not consider gender dysphoria to be a disqualifying condition for service.
“Explaining the decision to ban the LGBTQ group from operating in PA-controlled areas, Luay Zreikat, spokesperson for the PA Police, said that such activities are “harmful to the higher values and ideals of Palestinian society.
Zreikat said that the group’s activities were completely “unrelated to religions and Palestinian traditions and customs, especially in the city of Nablus.”
“[…] A member of Al-Qaws said that since the police announcement, he and his friends have received hundreds of threats and hate messages from Palestinians, especially through Facebook.
“The attack on us is unprecedented,” he told The Jerusalem Post. “They are calling us traitors and corrupt people and many are calling for our execution. We are afraid for our lives.”
Persecution takes on a whole new meaning in the middle east where imprisonment and death are commonplace for upsetting the locals.
Ghahraman and Davidson should be very grateful that the tolerant west provides a safe platform for them to spout their silly mouths off when it suits them. It is a real pity that they don’t use that safe platform to stand up for the persecuted when the persecuted people’s plight does not fit their political bias.