Houthis save the world: Why New Zealand is on the wrong side of history - Pearls and Irritations

Houthis save the world: Why New Zealand is on the wrong side of history - Pearls and Irritations FM: John Whitbeck New Zealand may be physically distant from Palestine and Yemen, but that does not prevent moral clarity in viewing the issues and values at stake there. The article transmitted below offers principled appreciation for the "champions of human decency", the Houthis. During the London conference in which I participated on Saturday, a former British ambassador earned healthy applause when he proposed nominating the Houthis for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yesterday, the new right-wing government of New Zealand joined the governments of the United Kingdom and its three other settler-colonial emanations (Australia, Canada and the United States) in suspending funding of UNRWA (https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/new-zealand-suspends-funding-to-embattled-un-agency-in-gaza), thereby becoming another active participant in the genocide of another indigenous people by another settler-colonial state. https://johnmenadue.com/houthis-save-the-world