I wrote recently how the PM dislikes taking a stand on issues, until he sees how the land lies. That may have be a better approach before he came out guns blazing reprimanding the Israel Defence Force, who stopped activist Greta's passage to Gaza to deliver her Aid, as he appears to have got his facts muddled.
He was probably reliant on reports from our activist media or our left wing public servants who, weirdly, appear to support Hamas and keep him in the dark as to the truth.. Bad decision.
I can put the PM's mind at rest that Greta's Aid will in fact get to its destination, more likely than if she and her activist friends were left to their own devices (as he desired) and Hamas got hold of it and reverted to their old ways of stealing much of it and SELLING the rest to their citizens.
This is what they were doing when UNRWA were running it and the PM and Mr Peters (misguidely) decided last year to continue to send Kiwi's hard earned tax dollars to the UN agency, UNRWA, who for years have worked in tandem with the terrorists.
This could have been discovered if they had strayed outside the public service and the left wing media's biased beliefs and coverage of Gaza, (like me and many other New Zealanders) and read some conservative reporting which is not consumed with hatred for Israel and concentrates more on the facts.
For example (more recently) it is highly unlikely that shootings are happening around the new food distribution areas, as people are arriving in their thousands, with IDF protection, to collect food, but CNN et al, continue to print Hamas reports that the IDF are killing its citizens.
Hamas and UNRWA have lost control of food distribution so in desperation, Hamas keep their propoganda going. The new GHF could be a master stroke by Trump's administration as it may contribute to faster elimination of (under seige) Hamas by the IDF as they have lost a food source and importantly, an improved, reliable food supply for hungry Gazans.
Apparently the most common comment from Gazans collecting food is: Is it free? (see link below)
Greta was not kidnapped as our media suggested. (more likely she was saved from herself!) The whole thing was filmed and reported by the IDF no doubt to cover themselves when the activists and their propaganda arm, the media, came out with their own version:
“The “selfie yacht” of the “celebrities” is safely making its way to the shores of Israel. The passengers are expected to return to their home countries. While Greta and others attempted to stage a media provocation whose sole purpose was to gain publicity — and which included less than a single truckload of aid — more than 1,200 aid trucks have entered Gaza from Israel within the past two weeks, and in addition, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has distributed close to 11 million meals directly to civilians in Gaza. There are ways to deliver aid to the Gaza Strip — they do not involve Instagram selfies. The tiny amount of aid that was on the yacht and not consumed by the “celebrities” will be transferred to Gaza through real humanitarian channels.”
Link:
Report: Palestinians Shocked U.S. Aid Is Free, After Being Charged by Hamas for U.N. Aid