‘Students tear strips off Gaza aid planners
A group aiming to deliver aid to Israeli-blockaded Gaza was caught in its own war of words at Waikato University this week.
Kia Ora Gaza aims to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians on September 18 with what they claim will be the “biggest international land-sea aid convoy since World War II”.
The convoy, including six Kiwis, will deliver mainly medical aid and building supplies to Gaza.
Members of the group were invited to hold a fundraising meeting on campus by the Waikato University Muslim Club, which sent an email to inform people of the discussion to be held on Wednesday.
Attached to the email was a release from Kia Ora Gaza stating: “Israel is the most powerful military state in the Middle East, and has been doing as it pleases. So we haven’t been able to do much while hundreds of children, women, men and the elderly get killed, raped and violated on a daily basis.”
Waikato University Students for Religious and Ethnic Harmony took exception to the words and member Simon Gray described it as “hate preaching”.
Tempers flared as audience members questioned the points made by presenters. A question and answer session was dominated by people questioning Kia Ora Gaza methods and motives.
………Muslim club president Moataz Bahr was visibly stunned by the passion and anger aroused by the meeting.
“I not see that coming,” he said.’
I bet the creep didn’t–they’ve become so used to dealing with gullible fools they’ve come to regard that as the norm. Good on the dissenting students! H/T Stevew
