PSNA Newsletter No 138 - May 29 2024

29 Haratua 2024

29 May 2024

Newsletter No 138

Kia ora koutou,

PSNA calls on government to suspend Rakon exports

Auckland Palestine supporters picketed Rakon on Tuesday this week from 9am to 5pm. They are continuing to be there every day for the rest of this week from 11am to 2pm. Please join them if you can. The address is 8 Sylvia Park Road, Mt Wellington, Auckland.

Watch the Newshub report of the Rakon protest, including an interview with hunger striker Will Alexander, here.

PSNA has written to the government asking it to suspend military-capable exports from Auckland-based company Rakon pending an independent investigation into their use in Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza.

Rakon makes crystal oscillators used in the guidance systems of smart bombs. Their 2005 business plan says the company’s objective was to dominate "the lucrative and expanding guided munitions and military positioning market" within five years.

Back in 2005 the company reported

"Rakon's military products include: Mainstream TCXOs for inclusion in smart bombs (JDAM, Navstrike) ... New products include G-hardened crystals for use in smart shells ... Rakon has received hundreds of thousands of dollars in development funding from Rockwell for ... cost reduction of the CDXO, and developments of a high G-shock crystal ... Ninety per cent of all [Rakon] crystals and oscillators are customised to the specific customer application. Rakon's 3 to 5 year vision [is to] dominate the lucrative and expanding guided munitions and military positioning market ...”

Rakon sends these “smart bomb” parts to US arms manufacturers who build the bombs which are used in Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza.

Already the United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution calling for a halt to all arms sales to Israel and last Friday the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its attacks on Rafah because of Israel’s indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinians.

It’s long past the time for the government to act. New Zealand is directly involved in support for Israel’s industrial-scale slaughter of Palestinians through Rakon. But the government is deliberately evasive, telling us New Zealand does not export arms to Israel.

We never said New Zealand did.

But by exporting parts for guided munitions and JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munitions) bombs to the US which end up in the killing fields of Gaza means we are actively supporting Israel’s genocide.

An Amnesty International investigation has highlighted two incidents involving JDAM bombs which appear to be war crimes. (JDAM bombs are guided munitions for which Rakon provides crucial parts).

It is highly likely the bombs used in these mass killing events (43 civilians killed – 19 children, 14 women and 10 men) have parts manufactured in Rakon’s Mt Wellington factory.

The UN’s Genocide Convention requires New Zealand to take action to prevent genocide.

Suspending and investigating Rakon’s bomb-related exports will be a small but important step in the right direction.

 

Rakon says:

“Rakon does not design or manufacture weapons. We do not supply products to Israel for weapons, and we are not aware of our products being incorporated into weapons which are provided to Israel.

Crystal oscillators are very common commercial electronic components. Rakon’s products are used in a wide range of applications in many different industries and market sectors including telecommunications, space and defence, and positioning. For our customers in the defence sector, product applications can include radar, communications, positioning and navigation.

Our Trade Compliance Policy conforms with New Zealand Government regulations and sets out customer due diligence requirements for customers involved in the defence sector. Rakon policy also states we will not sell products which could be used in weapons of mass destruction (or their means of delivery), or in cluster munitions or for terrorist activity”

 

Our response to Rakon:

Rakon is putting up straw arguments just to knock them down.

We have never claimed Rakon produces weapons or that it exports products direct to Israel.

Rakon produces crystal oscillators for the GPS systems of smart bombs and have proudly announced their intention to dominate this market.

It is almost certain that the majority of guided missiles used by Israel in its slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza have parts produced by Rakon - knowingly and deliberately.

Rakon has not suspended these exports despite all that’s happened in the past eight months. 

We have now asked the government to suspend export orders for Rakon products used in “smart bombs) used in the genocide in Gaza.

We need you to act NOW! (See steps you can take later in this newsletter)


An Israeli soldier takes a break from genocide to burn books

Israeli soldiers set fire Aqsa University’s library in Gaza City and took pictures of themselves in front of the flames. [@ytirawi/Twitter/X]


Will’s hunger strike for Gaza – Day 10

Will interviewed outside Rakon on Tuesday this week.

Watch the full interview with Will here

Will Alexander’s hunger strike for Gaza is drawing huge attention online and now in mainstream media as well.

See Will in the Herald, the Press, RNZ, Newshub, Otago Daily Times, Newstalk ZB.

You can support Will’s campaign NOW by signing his petition for government action here


Rallies, marches, vigils and protests around the motu this weekend

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

 

Events list

North Island

Opononi – Gathering for Palestine

Sunday June 2

1:30 pm

Outside the Four Square, Opononi

 

Kerikeri

Saturday June 1

9:00 am

Kerikeri roundabout, State highway 10

 

Whangarei

No Rally this weekend

 

Auckland Picket

Friday 31 May

12:00 noon

Rakon - 8 Silvia Park Road, Mt Wellington

 

Waiheke Island – Auckland

Every Saturday

8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Ostend Market, Waiheke Island

 

Auckland –Banners @ Caterpillar

Saturday 1 June

9:00 – 12:00 noon

157 Kerrs Road, Wiri

 

Auckland – Rally

Sunday 2 June

2:00 pm

Te Komititanga – Britomart Square

 

Tauranga – Flag Waving

Sunday 2nd June

11:00 am -12:00 noon

Papamoa shopping Centre

Corner of Domain Rd & Gravatt Rd, Papamoa

 

Hamilton – Rally

Saturday 1 June

1:00 pm

Civic Square, Hamilton

 

Cambridge Rally

Saturday June 1

11:00 am

Cambridge Town Hall

 

Rotorua - Rally

Thursday 30 May

4:00 pm

Rotorua Lakes Council, Haupapa Street (Sir Howard Morrison Corner)

 

Napier - Rally

Saturday 1 June

11:30 am

Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout

 

Hastings - Rally

Sunday 2 June

2:00 pm

Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD

 

Palmerston North - Rally

Sunday June 2

2:00 pm

The Square, Palmerston North

 

New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge

Friday 31 May

4:30 pm

Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth

 

New Plymouth – Rally

Saturday 1 June

1:00 pm

The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth

 

Whanganui - Rally

Saturday 1 June

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

 

Masterton

Every Sunday

9:30 am

Town Hall Lawn

 

Featherston

Every Saturday

11:00 am

The Squircle (opposite the op shop).

 

Wellington - Flags

Every Friday

7:15 – 8:15 am

Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington

 

Wellington - Rally

Saturday 1 June

1:00 pm

Te Aro park across from St James theatre

 

Wellington – National Rally for Palestine

Organised by the Palestinian community

Thursday 27 June

Civic Park

Mark it in your calendars and consider a Hikoi to Wellington

Watch this space

 

South Island

Nelson – Rally

Saturday 1 June

10:30 am

1903 Square, Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson

 

Blenheim

Saturday 1 June

11:00 am

Blenheim Railway Station

 

Christchurch – Rally

Saturday 1 June

1:00 pm

Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street

 

Timaru - Educational Event

Saturday 1 & Sunday 2 June

10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Exhibition - Educational Event & Fund raising for The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund

19 Barnard Street, Timaru

 

Dunedin - Rally

Saturday 1 June

2:00 pm

Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin

 

Queenstown - Prof Mazin Qumsiyeh Talk
Friday 31st May

6pm arrive for 6.30pm to 7.30pm meeting

Rees Hotel events, 377 Frankton Road

Invercargill - Rally

Sunday 2 June

1:00 pm

Wachner place Invercargill

 


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

1) Send this email to the Prime Minister

Hon Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
Christopher.Luxon@parliament.govt.nz

 

Kia ora Mr Luxon,

Stop Rakon helping Israel to bomb Gaza

 

We demand you act to help prevent genocide in Gaza by suspending export approvals for Rakon products used in the guidance systems of guided munitions.

Rakon exports critical “smart bomb” parts to US arms manufacturers who build the bombs which are used in Israel’s genocidal attacks on Gaza.

It is almost certain that the majority of guided missiles used by Israel in its slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza have parts produced and exported by Rakon - knowingly and deliberately.

Rakon has not suspended these exports despite all that’s happened in the past eight months. 

You Mr Luxon must step in and stop these exports.

(your name)

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2) You can support Will’s hunger strike campaign NOW by signing his petition for government action here

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3) The campaign continues to have Israel expelled from the Olympic Games and all international sporting codes. Share this image on your social media pages and the hashtag #BANISRAEL


The Far North District Council calls for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Congratulations to Debbie and the far north crew!

Read the full story on Radio New Zealand here and you can watch the proceedings at  the council meeting here


Mazin Qumsiyeh is here!

Mazin and Jessie arrive at Christchurch airport

Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh from Bethlehem University is here in New Zealand on a three-week tour from mid-May to early June.

Mazin’s trip is at the half-way point and is going extremely well. Large appreciative audiences have greeted him and his wife Jessie everywhere around the country. He is a warm, engaging speaker with a powerful political message for Palestine. 

A report of his meeting at St Mary’s in Parnell, Auckland, is here.

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.

Mazin’s next public meeting is this Friday:

Queenstown:

Friday 31st May, Rees Hotel events, 377 Frankton Road, 6pm arrive for 6.30pm to 7.30pm meeting


Nationwide mobilisation for Palestine – Thursday 27 June

This event is in Wellington the day before this year’s Matariki holiday. Mark the date in your calendar now. More details in coming newsletters.


The Gaza Dialogues


Q & A on the Israeli-led campaign against UNRWA from BADIL

Badil has produced this excellent brochure which we are reprinting here in full. The pro-Israel lobby here has worked feverishly to undermine and discredit UNRWA as part of a concerted international campaign. Why do they do this? Badil provided the answers.

You can download the brochure here

1.  What is UNRWA?

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency, mandated by UNGA Resolution 302 of 1949 to respond to the forced displacement of at least 800,000 Palestinians.

2. What does UNRWA do?

While UNRWA experiences chronic financial deficits, it aims to provide 3 core services - education, health care, and social services - to 5.9 million registered Palestine refugees. The quality and quantity of these services have suffered greatly due to Israel’s ongoing attacks and campaign against the Agency.

3. Why was UNRWA established?

The international community created UNRWA to meet its obligations under international law, namely, to provide aid and services in order to ensure the basic needs and rights for at least 800,000 Palestinians who were forcibly displaced and transferred during the Nakba (1947-1949).

4. What are the limitations of UNRWA’s mandate?

Protection - providing humanitarian aid, assistance and basic services, the bare minimum of international protection owed to Palestinian refugees. It is not mandated to provide durable solutions (legal protection), or security and safety (physical protection). 

  • Funding mechanism - voluntary so it depends on the goodwill of states and the political climate. 

  • Geographic scope - areas of operation are limited to the West Bank including East Jerusalem, Gaza Strip, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.

  • Duration - its mandate is temporary and must be renewed every 3 years by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 

  • Refugee Definition - is limited and based on a need for humanitarian assistance, rather than on fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or social affiliation as provided by the internationally recognized definition of refugee. © (UNRWA.org) –

5. When can UNRWA be dismantled?

UNRWA’s mandate is tied to the implementation of UNGA Resolution 194, which includes the right of displaced Palestinians to return, property restitution, and compensation. The revision or cessation of its mandate is the sole authority of the UNGA. Yes, supporting, funding, and enabling the operation of UNRWA is the responsibility of the international community until Palestinian refugees’ right to reparations, including return, property restitution and compensation is achieved.

7. What is the aim of Israel’s ongoing campaign against UNRWA?

To eliminate UNRWA, and with it, erasing Palestinian refugees and their right of return.

8. What are the components of Israel’s campaign against UNRWA? |

• Demonization and delegitimization
• Transferring UNRWA and its services to host countries and other international organizations
• Defunding UNRWA • Obstructing its operations and the provision of its services
A protest in front of UN High Commissioner’s Office, Ramallah, 2023: © (BADIL) A protest against the reductions in UNRWA’s services, The Gaza Strip, 2018 Source: (alresalah.ps) -3- 9.

9. How has Israel obstructed UNRWA’s work in the Gaza Strip?

  • Destroying hundreds of its facilities in Gaza

  • Demonizing the Agency through false allegations of supporting “terrorism” and “antisemitism” for which no evidence has been presented

  • Forcing UNRWA to abandon its facilities in the north and center of the Gaza Strip

  • Calling for its defunding and replacement with other entities

  • Killing hundreds of its staff in Gaza

10. How do governments aid Israel’s campaign against UNRWA?

  • By defunding UNRWA • By imposing funding conditions transforming UNRWA into a security agency 

  • By transferring its tasks to governments or other agencies and organizations 

  • By weaponizing aid to Gaza 

  • |By replacing the efficient, effective and preferred land crossings for the passage of aid with airdrops and the maritime corridor 

  • By replacing UNRWA’s responsibility under the UN to subject it to the direction of Israel and its allies

11. Is defunding UNRWA during the Israeli Genocidal War complicity in Genocide? 

  • Yes, suspending UNRWA funds:

  • Violates states’ non-negotiable obligations to prevent and stop genocide 

  • Contradicts the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) order on provisional measures 

  • Weaponizes humanitarian aid 

  • Obstructs UNRWA’s ability to provide lifesaving aid and assistance in the Gaza Strip 

  • Constitutes collective punishment of the 2.3 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. –

12. What consequences do Palestinians in the Gaza Strip face as a result of the Israeli campaign against UNRWA? 

  • 300,000 students enrolled in 188 UNRWA schools deprived of their education

  • 3.4 million patients annually, serviced by 22 facilities, denied access to health care 

  • 98,935 Palestinians denied access to relief and social services

  • 1 million Palestinians denied access to emergency food assistance 

  • 3,000 UNRWA employees faced with unemployment

13. What is the impact of eliminating UNRWA now?

  • Escalation of the genocide in the Gaza Strip

  • 5.9 million Palestine refugees in 58 registered camps in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan will not receive the humanitarian aid and services they are entitled to. 

  • 706 schools, 140 primary health care facilities and 113 community centers in the Agency’s areas of operation will be shut down

14.  Findings of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality

  • Israel has yet to provide evidence supporting its allegations against UNRWA • Confirmed that UNRWA “possesses a more developed approach to neutrality than other similar UN or NGO entities.”

  • “UNRWA remains pivotal in providing life-saving humanitarian aid and essential social services” • “UNRWA is irreplaceable and indispensable to Palestinians’ human and economic development”

Source:
Palestine Centre for Residency and Refugee Rights (https://www.badil.org/)

Pictures:
Miscellaneous sources


The ethnic cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe

A reader tells us this book can be obtained on electronic copy at no cost here  . Printed copies are available from The Nile, $26.10 + shipping from here.

There is also a 15-page article from Ilan Pappe based on the book and that is available here


Mapping which countries recognise Palestine in 2024

This month, 143 of the 193 members of the United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of Palestine joining the UN, something only states can do. Most of the Middle East, Africa and Asia recognise Palestinian statehood. However, the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea and many Western European states do not. The countries who have recognised Palestine this year are the Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados. In 2014, Sweden became the first country in Western Europe to recognise Palestine. These are the countries that have recognised Palestine in the previous 12 years: … To continue reading, click here.


Freedom Flotilla to Gaza ready to go from Türkiye but held up by Israeli pressure on supporting countries

Gaza Aid flotilla, due for launch last week has been delayed by ‘Israeli tactics’ here

Keep up to date with developments here https://kiaoragaza.wordpress.com/


Remember 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.


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)

 


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 this week

 

Editor’s Pick’s

  • ICC warrants both historical and cynical here

  • Clare Daly interview (Clare represents Northern Ireland on the European Union parliament) here

  • ICJ orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza here

  • Israel strikes Gaza’s Rafah after ICJ orders it to halt offensive here

  • UCSA reprimands political club for apparent policy breaches – details of investigation still under wraps here

  • As they lay down their cables here

 

Other Stories

  • The slaughter of Palestinian scholars is a deliberate Israeli tactic here

  • UN Rapporteur urges states to cut ties, impose sanctions on Israel here

  • The view within Israel turns bleak here

  • Don’t mention the “G” word here

  • The New York Times explains how gangsters now govern Israel here

  • Suspected Israeli reservist threatens mutiny here

  • Palestinians escape Rafah to “miserable life” elsewhere here

  • Ireland slams Israel’s “unacceptable” treatment of Irish ambassador here

  • The AIJAC propaganda machine here

  • Euro-Med: Israel’s destruction of more Gaza schools, clinics is “manifestation of genocide” here

  • South Africa tells UN court Israel “genocide” hit “new and horrific stage” here

  • Can Jews be Nazis here

  • Israel’s secret war here

  • Germany would arrest Netanyahu if ICC issues warrants here

  • Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians in strikes across Gaza here

  • Biden and congress are destroying international law for Israel here

  • Biden’s approach to Rafah and Gaza is “monument to American fecklessness” here

  • Israel deliberately targeting prominent Palestinian prisoners here

  • ISS arrest warrants put Israel’s western allies at a crossroads here

  • Western officials warn of catastrophe if Israel cuts off Palestinian banks here

  • Medics risking their lives to save people hurt by Israel’s war here

  • Rights group files complaint against Booking.com for listing Israeli settlements here

  • It’s not unusual that we’re being lied to, it’s unusual that people are noticing here

  • France, Belgium back ICC warrants for Israel, Hamas leaders here

  • Israel responding to ICC with “political blitz” to undermine court here

  • What’s missing in historic ICC decision to bring Israeli leaders to justice for war crimes? here

  • Israeli forces attack two Jabalia hospitals as Rafah offensive intensifies here

  • Inside one Israeli death and torture camp here

  • Official Jewish blinders to genocide are a danger to Jews here

  • Hostages of Israeli revenge in the Gaza strip: Testimonies of 100 released Palestinian detainess reveal crimes of torture, cruel treatment here

  • Return of hundreds of thousands of forcibly displaces people to Gaza City and North Gaza must be secured, not used as a blackmail card here

  • Netanyahu’s response to the ICC invokes another genocidal biblical reference here

  • The dead-end of liberal American Zionism 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.


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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

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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)