PSNA Newsletter No 132 - April 17 2024

 17 Paenga-whāwhā 2024

17 April 2024

Newsletter No 132

Kia ora koutou,

New Zealand government scales new heights of hypocrisy in condemning Iran’s attack on Israel

 

This week PSNA issued the following media release: 

The New Zealand government has scaled new heights of hypocrisy in condemning today’s Iranian attack on Israel but refusing to condemn Israel’s blatant incitement to a wider Middle East war with its missile attack on the Iranian Consulate in Syria two weeks ago which killed several Iranian leaders.

 Israel’s attack on Iran produced not a whimper from the Prime Minister or Minister of Foreign Affairs but both have lined up to condemn Iran’s response.

It is apartheid Israel which wants a wider regional conflict; it is apartheid Israel which launched a deadly provocative attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus; it is apartheid Israel which is stoking the fire for a regional war. It is apartheid Israel New Zealand should be condemning rather than Iran.

Hypocrisy has been the hallmark of the new government’s approach to the Middle East – refusing to condemn anything Israel has done and pretending the fault lies elsewhere.

Meanwhile Israel is continuing, in full view of humanity, to use starvation as a weapon of war against Palestinians in Gaza. And only humbug platitudes appealing for more aid to Palestinians.

Our government has joined us to the side of racism and genocide.

 

John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa


National rallies, marches and vigils around the country this week

To view events around Aotearoa:

  • Go to the PSNA Homepage – www.PSNA.nz

  • Scroll down to the button “For a list of events Nationwide, please click here - Check back often for updates”

  • Click the button

  • Check back on Friday for any moves, adds or changes

 

North Island

Rawene

Saturday 20 April

10:00 am

Meet outside No 1 Gallery

Opononi – Gathering for Palestine

Sunday 21 April

5:00 pm

Outside the Four Square, Opononi

 

Kerikeri, Bay of Islands - Rally

First Saturday of the month from now on

 

Whangarei – Rally

Saturday 20 April

10:00 am

Whangārei Town Basin in front of Hundertwasser Building 

 

Auckland – Farewell to the Doctors heading to the Freedom Flotilla

Thursday 18

10:30 am

In the Departure lounge of Auckland International Airport

 

Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau

Saturday 20 April

10:00 am

Dependant on numbers, over the Southern motorway:

·         Pedestrian motorway overbridge at Mauranui Ave – Dilworth Road

·         Market Road Overbridge

·         Omahu Road overbridge

Text Steve on 021 256 511 For further details

 

 

Auckland – Rally

Sunday 21 April

2:00 pm

Te Komititanga – Britomart Square

 

 

Tauranga – Rally

Saturday 20 April

10:30 am

Assemble in the Woolworths carpark, Bethlehem

 

Tauranga – Flag waving

Sunday 21 April

11:00 am

Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui

 

Hamilton - Rally

Saturday 13 April

1:00 pm

Flynn Park, Hamilton

 

Rotorua – Flags for Todd McClay

Thursday 18 April

4:00 pm

National MP Todd McClays Office - 1301 Amohau St, Rotorua

 

Napier - Rally

Saturday 20 April

11:30 am

Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout

 

Hastings - Rally

Sunday 21 April

2:00 pm

Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD

 

Palmerston North - Rally

Sunday 21 April

2:00 pm

The Square, Palmerston North

 

New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge

Friday 19 April

4:30 pm

Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth

 

New Plymouth – Rally

Saturday 20 April

1:00 pm

The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth

 

Whanganui - Rally

Saturday 20 April

11:00 am

Riverside Market, Whanganui

 

Carterton

Every Tuesday

12:00 midday

Memorial Square.

 

Martinborough – Gathering for Palestine

Every Wednesday

11:00 am

The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough

 

Featherston

Every Saturday

11:00 am

The Squircle (opposite the op shop).

 

Wellington

No Rally this weekend

 

South Island

Nelson – Rally

Check out the Te Tau Ihu Palestine Solidarity Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/TeTIPalestine/  

 

Blenheim

Saturday 20 April

11:00 am

Blenheim Railway Station

 

Christchurch – Rally

Saturday 20 April

1:00 pm

Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street

 

Dunedin - Rally

Saturday 20 April

2:00 pm

Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin

 

Invercargill - Rally

Friday 19 April

5:30 pm

Wachner place Invercargill

 


A few things you can do now with just a few clicks…

 1) Read ACT leader David Seymour’s tweet and then copy and paste the email to him.

David Seymour

Act Party Leader

Parliament Buildings

Wellington

 

David.seymour@parliament.govt.nz;

 

Kia ora Mr Seymour,

  1. Why do you claim Israel is a democracy when it uses apartheid policies to discriminate against the 20% of its citizens who are Palestinian citizens of Israel?

  2. Why do you reject the assessments of every major international human rights organisation (such as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International) that Israel is an apartheid state, described by Israel’s largest and most respected human rights group, B’Tselem, as “a regime of Jewish supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea”?

  3. Why do you condemn Iran’s retaliatory attack against Israel but you haven’t condemned Israel’s deliberate provocation to war with its murderous 1 April missile attack on the Iranian Consulate in Syria?

  4. Why do you describe Iran as a “brutal theocracy” but ignore the 76 years of terrorism, ethnic cleansing and brutal oppression of Palestinians by the theocratic state of Israel?

Looking forward to your answers.

(your name)


2) Send this email to all government MPs (BCC these email addresses)

Winston.Peters@parliament.govt.nz; jamie.arbuckle@parliament.govt.nz; casey.costello@parliament.govt.nz; shane.jones@parliament.govt.nz; jenny.marcroft@parliament.govt.nz; mark.patterson@parliament.govt.nz; tanya.unkovich@parliament.govt.nz; Andy.foster@parliament.govt.nz; david.seymour@parliament.govt.nz; Brooke.Vanvelden@parliament.govt.nz; Nicole.McKee@parliament.govt.nz; Todd.Stephenson@parliament.govt.nz; Andrew.Hoggard@parliament.govt.nz; Karen.Chhour@parliament.govt.nz; Mark.Cameron@parliament.govt.nz; Simon.Court@parliament.govt.nz; Parmjeet.Parmar@parliament.govt.nz; Laura.Trask@parliament.govt.nz; Cameron.Luxton@parliament.govt.nz; Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz; Miles.Anderson@parliament.govt.nz; Carl.Bates@parliament.govt.nz; andrew.bayly@parliament.govt.nz; Dan.Bidois@parliament.govt.nz;   Chris.Bishop@parliament.govt.nzCameron.Brewer@parliament.govt.nz; Simeon.Brown@parliament.govt.nz; Gerry.Brownlee@parliament.govt.nz; Mike.Butterick@parliament.govt.nz; Blair.Cameron@parliament.govt.nz; Hamish.Campbell@parliament.govt.nz; Carlos.Cheung@parliament.govt.nz; judith.collinspapakura@parliament.govt.nz; Tim.Costley@parliament.govt.nz; Matt.Doocey@parliament.govt.nz; Greg.Fleming@parliament.govt.nz; Paulo.Garcia@parliament.govt.nz; Paul.Goldsmith@parliament.govt.nz;   Nicola.Grigg@parliament.govt.nz; Ryan.Hamilton@parliament.govt.nz; Dana.Kirkpatrick@parliament.govt.nz; Barbara.Kuriger@parliament.govt.nz; Melissa.Lee@parliament.govt.nz; grant.mccallum@parliament.govt.nz; todd.mcclay@parliament.govt.nz; James.Meager@parliament.govt.nz; Mark.Mitchell@parliament.govt.nz; Joseph.Mooney@parliament.govt.nz; Rima.Nakhle@parliament.govt.nz; Angee.Nicholas@parliament.govt.nz; Katie.Nimon@parliament.govt.nz; Chris.Penk@parliament.govt.nz; Tama.Potaka@parliament.govt.nz; Maureen.Pugh@parliament.govt.nz; Suze.Redmayne@parliament.govt.nz; shane.reti@parliament.govt.nz; Tom.Rutherford@parliament.govt.nz; Penny.Simmonds@parliament.govt.nz; Scott.Simpson@parliament.govt.nz; Stuart.Smith@parliament.govt.nz; Erica.Stanford@parliament.govt.nz; Sam.Uffindell@parliament.govt.nz; louise.upston@parliament.govt.nz; Tim.vandeMolen@parliament.govt.nz; Simon.Watts@parliament.govt.nz; Catherine.Wedd@parliament.govt.nz; vanessa.weenink@parliament.govt.nz; Nicola.Willis@parliament.govt.nz;

 

Kia ora koutou,

 I am deeply concerned at the cravenly-hypocritical, and frankly immoral, policies of your government towards the war on Gaza.

I’d appreciate your frank answers to these questions:

  • Why have your Prime Minister and Foreign Minister condemned the Iranian attack on Israel but refused to condemn Israel’s calculated and provocative act of war against Iran when it launched its murderous 1 April missile attack on the Iranian Consulate in Syria?

  • Why have your Prime Minister and Foreign Minister condemned every act of Palestinian resistance to occupation and ethnic cleansing but refused to condemn the wholesale slaughter of Palestinian women and children?

  • Why is your government not acting to uphold international law and United Nations resolutions regarding Israel’s occupation of Palestine?

  •  

Please reply without undue delay.

(Your name)


3) Sign the petition to ban Israel from Eurovision here


4) Sign the petition to ban Israel from the Olympics here


PSNA National meeting 18/19 May 2024 in Auckland

A reminder our 2024 national meeting will be in Auckland on the weekend of 18/19 May. The venue is Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn. The keynote speaker will be Mazin Qumsiyeh from the Centre for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University (see more about Mazin later in this newsletter).

To register to come please email our National Secretary Neil Scott at secretary@PSNA.nz to let him know you are coming and if you need help with travel costs or billets for the Friday/Saturday nights.

The meeting is our most important organising event for the year and there’s a lot to talk about with the genocide in Gaza continuing. We elect our National Chair and National Secretary and national committee members – and we are always keen for an injection of new blood, new ideas and new energy!

The meeting is long overdue. It was planned for early December but the Gaza genocide meant we needed to prioritise the protests. Everyone is welcome to our annual meeting – book early to come to keep the costs down. We’d love to see you all there!


Freedom Flotilla to Gaza ready to go – your support needed!

This week, and again in May, Kia Ora Gaza will sail with the Freedom Flotilla to the besieged Gaza Strip. They will deliver 5,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid along with some of our bravest and most dedicated Kiwi medics and other civilian volunteers.

 We need you, the people, to keep your eyes on the flotilla. The IDF has employed violence against the flotilla before, assaulting, imprisoning, interrogating and deporting crew and passengers whose only “crime” was to help the people of Gaza. And after the recent, tragic, condemnable targeting of foreign aid workers from the WCK, the more eyes we have on the flotilla, the safer it’s people will be.

Follow @kiaoragaza Kia Ora Gaza & @gazafreedomflotilla  

Palestinian kiwi @yousontheloose will be joining the flotilla in May. Follow him to join the mission in May and for more updates on the flotilla’s progress.

If you have the means to contribute to the Kia Ora Gaza and The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, make a direct payment to their bank account:

Kia Ora Gaza Trust

03-0211-0447718-000

Westpac Bank, Onehunga branch.

Afterwards, email office@kiaoragaza.net with your deposit details so our Board of Trustees can send you an e-receipt.

OR

Write a cheque for ‘Kia Ora Gaza’ and post to:

Kia Ora Gaza Trust, P.O. Box 86022, Mangere East, Auckland 2158

Kia Ora Gaza is a Charitable Trust incorporated under the Charitable Trusts Act 1957. The accounts of Kia Ora Gaza Trust are audited by a professional auditor who is independent of our Board of Trustees.

For more details of the Freedom Flotilla mission go here and find an open letter to NZ Foreign Affairs Hon Winston Peters and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon concerning the Freedom Flotilla here


Introducing the three New Zealand doctors heading to Gaza as part of the Kia Ora Gaza mission…

Dr Faiez Idais, Dr Wasfy Shahin (seated) & Dr Adnan Ali


PSNA Training Day feedback

On the 13th of April, PSNA held a community-based organising training for rangatahi across the motu. We were lucky to have rangatahi from Tauranga, Whangarei, Napier and Tamaki Makaurau join us for a day. The training provided us the opportunity to reflect on our approach to solidarity with Palestinians and strengthen us as a collective.

A special thanks to Maher, Layan, Neil, Anna, Barry, Bee, Giulio, Suveen & Tayyaba - our speakers on the day. 

And some online feedback…


A Palestinian message to journalists

Maha Elmadani (pictured) delivered this heartfelt speech aimed at journalists at the Ōtautahi/Christchurch rally last Saturday

Kia ora and assalam alaikum.

Since last week when I was asked to speak at this weekend's rally on the theme of 'unmute Gaza', I've been struggling to find something meaningful to talk about.

On the one hand I've found myself asking, "what can I say that the people of Gaza have not already said? What words can I speak that will do justice to describe the human rights violations being committed against those people who have been documenting and live-streaming it themselves for the past 189 days?"

On the other hand, and probably more frustrating, I've been questioning why is it still up to ordinary people like us to be amplifying the voices in Gaza, especially when friends are still reaching out to tell me that they're keeping informed about the genocide because of my posts on social media.

Where did our media institutions go wrong? 

Social media should not be the main platform where we get our news from because the New Zealand Herald and other newspapers are too busy spreading misinformation about 40 beheaded babies without checking the facts first.

Lama Jamous should not have to be Gaza's youngest journalist at 9 years old, and report the mass killings of civilians around her while Newshub disgracefully refers to the 500 patients and medical staff trapped inside Al-Shifa hospital as militants.

To all the New Zealand journalists who I've come to know since the terror attacks in Christchurch. When you looked me in the eye and promised to do better and to hold yourself to higher standards when it comes to reporting on minority and marginalized communities, I ask you, where are you now?

Hundreds of your Palestinian colleagues inside Gaza have sacrificed their own lives on the front lines to provide documented evidence that Israel is committing a genocide against them just so that you can amplify their voices to the world and pressure our governments to act.

The soul of my soul, Reem.

Hind Rajab and the paramedics.

Nuseirat, jabalia, Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps.

The flour massacre.

The siege on Al-Shifa.

The forced starvation in the north.

War crime after war crime and our media still won't take responsibility for the fact that their silence is complicit and the blood of Palestinians is on their hands.

To all the New Zealand journalists, I ask you again to stop for a minute and reflect on why you chose this line of work. What were your hopes and dreams from being a journalist? And what morals and values were you wishing to uphold?

Reflect back on the past 6 months and ask yourself if your journalism has represented your personal journalistic integrity. If you believe your reporting, or lack of, aligns with your professional and human ethics then continue as you are, in your silence. But do know that time is running out for Gaza. Wake up and speak out. Do better because Palestinians deserve better.


Mazin Qumsiyeh’s visit to Aotearoa New Zealand from mid-May to early June

Mazin Qumsiyeh

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh from Bethlehem University is coming to New Zealand on a two-week tour from mid-May to early June. PSNA is pleased to be one of the groups helping to organise his visit

Mazin is the founder and volunteer director of the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University. (Bethlehem is in the Occupied Palestinian Territory of the West Bank) He is a Christian Palestinian which means he brings different insights into the struggle for freedom and human rights for Palestinians.

While he is here he will be speaking with politicians and academics as well as addressing public meetings, school students, religious leaders, climate activists, universities and rotary clubs etc. He will be speaking about the latest Israeli war on Gaza and the Palestinian struggle for self-determination as well as issues of climate change, biodiversity and sustainability in Palestine.

Mazin’s perspective is best described in his own words – here is the introduction to his latest newsletter:

There is an ongoing genocide in Gaza. Just in the three days of the Ramadan Eid (the most important and equivalent to Christmas in the Christian world), the Israeli occupation forces committed over 20 massacres of entire families killing over 170 women and children. In these same 72 hours, Israeli colonial settlers and soldiers were on a rampage here in the occupied West Bank. This pogrom involved burning cars, houses, shops, destroying streets and more. Meanwhile after Israel broke yet again International conventions and International law by attacking the Iranian embassy area destroying its consulate in Damascus.

Some people call Israel US's proxy in the region but I tend to think it is the other way around: the US is largely occupied by "Israel" via its lobbies in Washington and in state legislatures (see xxx). The US has two alleged "parties" democrats and republicans but both seem run by the same entity whose allegiance is Zionists not US interests.

The fascist regime running Israel failing to achieve its imperial interests and floundering in the past six months (only succeeding to kill civilians despite billions in US military aid) is trying to draw the US into a regional and possibly a global war hoping to change the dynamic. If they succeed in this (and I give it a 60% chance), they will end Zionism in the most catastrophic way.

If humanity survives this, certainly "Israel" as an apartheid racist, genocidal state will not survive it. Stay tuned for outcome. But in the meantime, we Palestinians will continue to struggle for our right to return to all of Palestine, for our self-determination in our country (all of Palestine), for equality of all people here (Jews, Christian, Muslim, Bahai, Druze etc), and for accountability for all who murdered civilians.

La Luta Continua (the struggle continues)  

There will be full details of Mazin’s visit in coming newsletters including his public events


BDS for Aotearoa New Zealand

Remember our big six BDS targets for Aotearoa New Zealand?

  • Obela Hummus

  • Ahava skin care products

  • Sodastream

  • HP (Hewlett-Packard)

  • BP and Caltex

  • McDonalds

Find more details here.


Suspend apartheid Israel from international sports

To FIFA, FIBA, International Olympics Committee, and all other global and European sports governing bodies.

We urgently demand:

  • An immediate suspension of Israel from participation in all international sports until it fully complies with international law and sports regulations

  • For global and European sports governing bodies to immediately uphold their statutory obligations – especially their own rules on human rights and non-discrimination given Russian, South African and other precedents. This would include, inter alia, a ban on Israel competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics, FIFA World Cup, and UEFA’s EURO.

Sign the petition here


Rebuilding the Gaza Centre for Human Rights

Damage to the Gaza Centre of Human Rights Office after an Israeli air attack in 2021

PSNA has been a long-time supporter of the Gaza Centre for Human Rights. The Centre is making an appeal for funds to rebuild at the earliest opportunity. New Zealander Julie Webb-Pullman worked at the centre for several years as an international expert on gathering evidence of Israeli war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza.

Before the latest Israeli attacks the centre had sent over 2000 claims of war crimes relating to Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2014 and its targeting the Great March of Return protests in March 2018.

We will have more about the centre in future newsletters.

In the meantime, people can donate to:

Account name: PALESTINE SOLIDARITY NETWORK

Account number: 38-9015-0849542-02 (Please put GCHR in the reference)

 


A lovely pic from the protests last week

A protest march on the Riviera – oops sorry – that’s Nelson!

And Christchurch protest march goes through Riccarton Westfield Mall the previous week here (video)


Watch out for this man promoting racism and apartheid

Here he is – the Israeli ambassador – watch out for him around Aotearoa New Zealand – if you hear of any planned appearances or speaking engagements please contact us urgently: Email apartheid-Israel@PSNA.nz or text 027 4 APARTHEID or 027427278.

Israeli ambassador Ran Yaakoby


Important stories from the Web


Editor’s picks

  • Israel and Israel alone kicked off this escalation – in a bid to drag the US into war with Iran here

  • Over 350 Humanitarian sites and aid convoys hit in Gaza since 7 October here

  • Australian UNICEF aid workers Tess Ingram says her convoy was hit by bullets while delivering aid in Gaza here

  • Western powers never believed in a rules-based international order here

  • Secret Agreements: The Australian-Israel Defence Memorandum of Understanding here

  • Bombs and viruses – the shadowy history of Israel’s attacks on Iranian soil here

 

Other stories

  • Netanyahu wants war with Iran. Biden can prevent it here

  • Israel silencing western journalists here (video)

  • Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation here (video)

  • "Empty Words": Kenneth Roth on Biden's Criticism of Israel While U.S. Keeps Weapons Flowing here (video)

  • Australia’s recognition of the state of Palestine an overdue move in support of peace here

  • Gulf states warn US not to launch strikes on Iran from their territory or airspace here  

  • Morally damaged America still wagging its righteous finger here

  • German police shut down Palestine solidarity conference in Berlin here (video)

  • Police raid Berlin Conference as repression of Palestine activism escalates in Germany here

  • Iran launches unprecedented retaliatory strikes on Israel here

  • Why Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel was not a “failure” here

  • Unleashed: Israeli settlers rampage through West Bank villages, kill two people, injure dozens here

  • Australia on collision course with Israel after Zomi Frankcom’s death changes everything here

  • European Jewish group’s chief charges far-right minister Ben-Gvir with inflaming anti-semitism here

  • Gordon Campbell On Winston Peters’ Pathetic Speech At The UN here

  • Palestinian Feminist Collective: A feminist praxis for academic freedom in the context of genocide in Gaza here

  • ‘Come out, you animals’: how the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happened here

  • Gulf states warn US not to launch strikes on Iran from their territory or airspace here

  • Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah: ‘Tomorrow is a Palestinian day’ here

  • I resigned from World Central Kitchen because it refused to tell the truth about the Israeli genocide in Gaza here

  • New Irish PM says getting 'much closer' to recognising Palestinian state here

  • Unrepentant Neo-Nazi Germany complicit in Palestinian genocide and ongoing Gaza massacre here

  • The mainstream U.S. media is hiding key truths in its coverage of Iran’s retaliatory attack here


Reminder: Dates for Palestine Solidarity during the year

Israel apartheid week has been added to the dates for likely local and national Palestine solidarity activity this year.

28 Mar – 4 Apr        Israel Apartheid Week

30 Mar                      Land Day Palestine

5 Apr                         Palestinian Childs Day

9 Apr                         Deir Yassin massacre - Irgun Terrorism - 107-120 Palestinian men, women and children massacred

17 Apr                        Palestinian Prisoners Day

11 May                      World Kufiya Day

15 May                      Nakba Day – marking the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Palestine in 1948

5 Jun                         Nakba Day - Start of 1967 War - Land Grab – Invasion of Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza, Egypt and Syria - 5 June 1967 – 10 June 1967

20 Jun                     Attack on Gaza - 6–21 May 2021 (2 weeks and 1 day)

16-18 Sep                40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres

28 Sep                     Second Intifada - 28 Sept 2000 – 8 Feb 2005

2 Nov                      Balfour Declaration

29 Nov                   United Nations - International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

8 Dec                      First Intifada - 8 Dec 1987 – 13 Sept 1993


Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign?

We will need some serious money to make our campaign as effective as possible. For example, we will need somewhere in the vicinity of $25,000 to bring speakers to New Zealand over the next year and organise large public meetings to help spread the message.

You can help. Are you able to donate a cup of coffee a month to the campaign? In other words, can you afford to make an automatic payment of $5 per month to support the Palestinian struggle? (If you can afford more that would be great!)

Our account details are:

  • Account name: Palestine Solidarity Network

  • Account number: 38-9015-0849542-00

We are happy to provide a receipt upon request (however, we are not a registered charity so this is not tax-deductible)


In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter – an invitation to subscribe from Leslie Bravery

Because of mainstream news media complicity, daily headlines and commentary only occasionally ever mention the relentless Israeli violence in Palestine, not even the frequent air strikes!

However, daily news and statistics regarding the violence Palestinians are forced to live under are regularly reported on in the “In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter”, sourced and compiled for easy reading and correlation chiefly from the Palestinian Monitoring Group's daily situation reports.

The In Occupied Palestine daily newsletter continues to be circulated, by email, worldwide to subscribers only, as it has been over the last two decades.

Please contact  lesliebravery@icloud.com if you also wish to become a subscriber.


Merchandise for sale

We have Merchandise you can buy including T-shirts from our website.


More ways you can get involved

  • Forward this Newsletter – If you know people who may be interested in this movement, please forward this Newsletter to them.

  • Join in local activities in your area monthly Rallies - In Auckland at 2.00 pm on the first Saturday of every month. Please consider doing the same in your community. Contact Secretary@PSNA.nz if you would like to know where and how to get Flags and Banners

  • Help set up a Students for Justice in Palestine groups on your campus

  • Tell Your MP your opinions on Divestment and Sanctions of Israel.

  • Write Letters to Newspapers – Call Talkback Radio

  • Keep in touch with the campaign on social media

o        NZ Palestine Solidarity Network website: https://www.PSNA.nz

o        NZ Palestine Solidarity Network Facebook:  www.facebook.com/groups/671376706283605/

o        NZ Palestine Solidarity Network email: Secretary@PSNA.nz

  •  The Palestine Human Rights Campaign produces the In Occupied Palestine newsletter. It is a regular daily newsletter on the daily situation in Palestine, compiled by Leslie Bravery and emailed to subscribers. If you would also like to become a subscriber, please contact Leslie at “lesliebravery @ icloud .com” (remove the spaces to use as an email address) for further information.

  •  Keep Updated on our Facebook pages and websites (listed below)

  • Human rights for Uyghur refugees - In line with our support for human rights for the people of Palestine we have added our name to the petition in support of human rights for Uyghur refugees so they can be included in the government’s refugee quota. PSNA members who wish to also sign this petition can do so here - https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/open-letter-let-s-show-compassion-to-the-uyghur-community


PSNA Groups

PSNA National Committee

Website: www.PSNA.nz
Chair - John Minto: Chair@PSNA.nz
Secretary - Neil Scott: Secretary@PSNA.nz

Regional Groups

Bay of Islands PSN Bay of Islands (Email)
Whangarei PSN Whangarei (Facebook)
Auckland PSN Auckland – Tamaki Makaurau (Website)
Hamilton Palestine Human Rights Campaign Waikato (Facebook)
Tauranga Tauranga Moana 4 Palestine (Facebook)
Napier/Hastings Aotearoa Standing with Palestine (Facebook)
Palmerston North PSN Palmerston North (Email)
New Plymouth PSN Taranaki (Facebook)
Wellington PSN Wellington (Email)
Nelson Te Tau Ihu (Nelson) Palestine (Facebook)
Christchurch PSN Christchurch (Facebook)
Dunedin Dunedin for Justice in Palestine (Facebook)
Invercargill PSNA Invercargill (Email)