Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick has been ejected from Parliament's debating chamber and told to leave for the rest of the week after a fiery speech about the war in Gaza. | Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/RNZVideo?sub_... She was taking part in an urgent debate called after the coalition's announcement it would come to a formal decision in September over whether to recognise the state of Palestine. Swarbrick challenged the coalition MPs to back her member's bill, allowing New Zealand to apply sanctions on Israel "for its war crimes". "If we find six of 68 government MPs with a spine, we can stand on the right side of history," she said. Almost immediately, Speaker Gerry Brownlee condemned the remark as "completely unacceptable" and demanded she "withdraw it and apologise". Swarbrick shot back a curt - "no" - prompting Brownlee to order her out of the chamber for the remainder of the week.
"Happily," Swarbrick said, as she rose to leave.
Chlöe Swarbrick barred from Parliament after Gaza speech | RNZ
