WILPF Aotearoa media releases
Media Release
07 July 2025
WILPF Aotearoa calls on Prime Minister Luxon to join the Hague Group[1]
In light of the Israeli government’s armed attack on Iran and the postponement of high-level diplomatic talks halting momentum toward a two-state solution, the Hague Group will convene an Emergency Conference in Bogota, Colombia to expand the block and gain support to implement its programme globally. The Republic of Colombia, as co-chair of The Hague Group, will host an emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogotá on 15–16 July 2025 after which states will announce concrete actions to enforce international law through coordinated state action — to end the genocide and ensure justice and accountability.
Meantime, reports of Israeli forces and American contractors killing starving Palestinians queuing for aid are widespread. On the morning of 17 June alone, 50 Palestinians, men, women and children, were killed by Israeli shelling after being told that assistance was available.
WILPF Aotearoa calls for individuals, trade unions and civil society organisations across the motu to demand the New Zealand Government join the Hague Group and support its programme of action to:
States must move beyond words to action.
In the face of our government’s inaction, WILPF Aotearoa calls on people everywhere to transform the moral clarity of the global solidarity movement into government policy that can actually save Palestinian lives.
WILPF Aotearoa
https://www.wilpf.nz/
[1] The Hague Group was established in The Hague on 31 January 2025 — by the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Senegal, and the Republic of South Africa — in response to the grave violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. https://thehaguegroup.org/home/
07 July 2025
WILPF Aotearoa calls on Prime Minister Luxon to join the Hague Group[1]
In light of the Israeli government’s armed attack on Iran and the postponement of high-level diplomatic talks halting momentum toward a two-state solution, the Hague Group will convene an Emergency Conference in Bogota, Colombia to expand the block and gain support to implement its programme globally. The Republic of Colombia, as co-chair of The Hague Group, will host an emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bogotá on 15–16 July 2025 after which states will announce concrete actions to enforce international law through coordinated state action — to end the genocide and ensure justice and accountability.
Meantime, reports of Israeli forces and American contractors killing starving Palestinians queuing for aid are widespread. On the morning of 17 June alone, 50 Palestinians, men, women and children, were killed by Israeli shelling after being told that assistance was available.
WILPF Aotearoa calls for individuals, trade unions and civil society organisations across the motu to demand the New Zealand Government join the Hague Group and support its programme of action to:
- Implement the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli officials;
- Prevent the transfer of all military devices and information that sustain the ongoing genocide;
- Prevent the docking of ships carrying military cargo and fuel for Israel in member ports.
States must move beyond words to action.
In the face of our government’s inaction, WILPF Aotearoa calls on people everywhere to transform the moral clarity of the global solidarity movement into government policy that can actually save Palestinian lives.
WILPF Aotearoa
https://www.wilpf.nz/
[1] The Hague Group was established in The Hague on 31 January 2025 — by the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Honduras, Malaysia, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Senegal, and the Republic of South Africa — in response to the grave violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. https://thehaguegroup.org/home/