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Kia ora Mohammed Khan

 

Thank you for your OIA request received on 30 June 2022 for:

According to your website, World Vision and its World Vision New Zealand
affiliate are part of your Negotiated Partnerships program, essentially
pre-vetted for engaging in large aid programmes, in recognition of their
efficiency and trustworthiness.

 

Earlier this month, after kidnapping and torturing him for more than six
years, an illegal secret 'court' in 'israel' convicted Gaza World Vision
Director Mohammed El Halabi of 'terror' charges, based on secret evidence
invented by the zionists themselves. Investigations from World Vision
international and even the zionist-affiliated Australian government have
found that these claims were without any merit. All human investigations
have found that El Halabi was not targeted for any crimes, but because he
worked for an organization founded on Christian principles, which opposed
the genocide of the Palestinian people, both anathema to the zionist
regime.

 

Despite the close ties between MFAT and World Vision, MFAT has made no
statements against this persecution of an innocent man, intended by the
zionists to prevent aid going to their Gaza concentration camp, to assist
the zionist genocide of the Palestinian people. Hostile foreign lobby
groups like the 'Israel Institute of NZ' are now using this fake
conviction to attack World Vision and support the genocide of the
Palestinian people.

 

To aid in investigating how these foreign groups are using their fake
trial to attack the Palestinian people and compromise the supposed
'even-handed' policy of MFAT, I am requesting:

a) All documents held by MFAT since 2016 that mention Mohammed El Halabi.

b) All communications with hostile foreign groups like the 'Israel
Institute of NZ' and 'Zionist Federation of NZ' regarding 'World Vision'
since 2016.

 

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From: Mohammed Khan <[3][FOI #19783 email]>

Sent: Thursday, 30 June 2022 9:57 AM

To: ENQUIRIES <[4][MFAT request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - MFAT and World Vision

 

Dear Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,

 

According to your website, World Vision and its World Vision New Zealand
affiliate are part of your Negotiated Partnerships program, essentially
pre-vetted for engaging in large aid programmes, in recognition of their
efficiency and trustworthiness.

 

Earlier this month, after kidnapping and torturing him for more than six
years, an illegal secret 'court' in 'israel' convicted Gaza World Vision
Director Mohammed El Halabi of 'terror' charges, based on secret evidence
invented by the zionists themselves. Investigations from World Vision
international and even the zionist-affiliated Australian government have
found that these claims were without any merit. All human investigations
have found that El Halabi was not targeted for any crimes, but because he
worked for an organization founded on Christian principles, which opposed
the genocide of the Palestinian people, both anathema to the zionist
regime.

 

Despite the close ties between MFAT and World Vision, MFAT has made no
statements against this persecution of an innocent man, intended by the
zionists to prevent aid going to their Gaza concentration camp, to assist
the zionist genocide of the Palestinian people. Hostile foreign lobby
groups like the 'Israel Institute of NZ' are now using this fake
conviction to attack World Vision and support the genocide of the
Palestinian people.

 

To aid in investigating how these foreign groups are using their fake
trial to attack the Palestinian people and compromise the supposed
'even-handed' policy of MFAT, I am requesting:

a) All documents held by MFAT since 2016 that mention Mohammed El Halabi.

b) All communications with hostile foreign groups like the 'Israel
Institute of NZ' and 'Zionist Federation of NZ' regarding 'World Vision'
since 2016.

 

Yours faithfully,

Mohammed Khan

 

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[UNCLASSIFIED]

Tēnā koe Mohammed Khan

 

Please see the attached our response to your OIA request of 30 June 2022.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Executive Services Division
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade | Manatū Aorere

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