Israelis Find Strong Support in an Unexpected Corner of the World, New Zealand, From an Unexpected Source, the Māoris
Māoris are now pushing back against one of their own leaders, Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, who echoed the likes of Prime Minister Trudeau, saying she was ‘more saddened’ by the suffering of Gazans than by the October 7 atrocities.
What do the aboriginals of New Zealand know that the European-descendant prime minister of Canada doesn’t? It’s a question that underlines the growing global split between the shallowness of the anti-Israel crowd and those with deeper understanding.
As in other Western democracies in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas-launched war, New Zealand’s streets were filled with anti-Israel protesters. Unlike in Washington, where Jews organized a large counter-protest, in New Zealand the pushback was mainly Māori.
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