New Zealand Lawmaker Who Called Opponents Spineless over Gaza Is Ejected From Parliament a 2nd Time

New Zealand lawmaker who called opponents spineless over Gaza is ejected from Parliament a 2nd time

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MP removed from New Zealand parliament in heated debate over Palestinian recognition

Green party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick accused government MPs of lacking a ‘spine’ during debate on whether to recognise a Palestinian stateNew Zealand parliamentarian Chlöe Swarbrick was ordered to leave parliament on Tuesday during a heated debate over the government’s response to the conflict in Gaza.An urgent debate was called after the centre-right government said on Monday it was weighing up its position on whether to recognise a Palestinia…

New Zealand MP evicted from parliament after passionate Gaza speech

A New Zealand MP delivered a passionate speech on Gaza before she was evicted from parliament. Chloe Swarbrick, who is co-leader of the Green Party, was ordered to leave parliament on Tuesday (12 August) when she called her country an “outlier” and a “laggard” during a debate on whether the nation should recognise a Palestinian state. She called on the government to back a bill, proposed by her party, that would “sanction Israel for its war crim…

'We both want the best for Singapore': Ex-NMP Calvin Cheng resolves differences with ex-SDP chairman over Gaza comments

Former Nominated Member of Parliament Calvin Cheng has settled his claim for defamation against former Singapore Democratic Party chairman Jufrie Mahmood. Cheng sued Mahmood over a Facebook post made in March this year about Cheng's comments on activists who disrupted a Meet-the-People Session in Chong Pang. Mahmood had said that Cheng, who proposed sending the activists to Gaza as long...