Ranked #13 of 17 on the Trump-o-Meter
Free Palestine
A party registered in August 2026 and led by Paul Hopkinson that seeks to make Palestine a central election issue and pursue a foreign policy independent of the United States. Party website
A total disaster. Nobody's ever seen anything like it.
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3 policies & bills rated
Withdraw from all formal security alliances with the US
Commits New Zealand to an independent foreign policy by withdrawing from all formal security alliances with the United States and distancing its foreign policy from what the party calls Anglo-US economic hegemony and military interventionism.
BDS legislation, close the Israeli Embassy and recognise a Palestinian state
Would introduce legislation to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, close the Israeli Embassy and expel the ambassador, and recognise a Palestinian state 'from the river to the sea'. The party's founding principles call for a single secular, democratic state in Palestine and the return of Palestinian refugees.
Stop approving satellite launches that could assist Israel's military
Argues that under the Genocide Convention the government must not sign off satellite launches that assist the Israel Defense Forces in targeting. It also wants New Zealand to uphold UN Resolution 194 on the Palestinian right of return and to strengthen freedom of expression in the Bill of Rights.