PSNA Newsletter No 160 - October 30 2024
30 Whiringa-ā-nuku 2024
30 October 2024
Newsletter No 160
STOP PRESS:
A very warm congratulations to Christchurch City Council
PSNA Chair John Minto and University of Canterbury lecturer Josephine Varghese present to the council in favour of the motion to end dealings with companies involved with illegal Israeli settlements
We have been delighted at the big positive reaction here in Aotearoa and across the world to the Christchurch City Council vote last Wednesday to refuse to procure goods or services from companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories.
(It’s important to say here that Environment Canterbury took this step in March this year as the first local body in Aotearoa New Zealand to sanction Israel when the motion was moved by ECAN councillor Greg Byrnes)
Reports from the Christchurch City Council meeting which became the first New Zealand city to sanction Israel appeared in the Christchurch Press here on The Daily Blog here, in Asia-Pacific report here and from Mick Hall here
Messages of support and congratulations have flooded in on social media
Many people here and around the world have asked how they can get their city to take the same action so this Sunday 3 November at 8pm we will be holding a webinar to take people through the simple steps needed to get their local council to support this policy. Contact our secretary Neil Scott (secretary@PSNA.nz) if you would like to be on the seminar for your city.
We are also working with the international BDS committee to offer a similar seminar for cities around the world.
Something you can do now with just a few clicks…
Copy and paste this letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rt Hon Christopher Luxon
Prime Minister
c.luxon@ministers.govt.nz
Rt Hon Winston Peters
Minister of Foreign Affairs
w.peters@ministers.govt.nz
Christchurch City Council leads – Luxon government must follow
Following the principled decision of the Christchurch City Council this week to change its procurement policy to exclude companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements, we are asking the government to take similar steps in line with United Nations resolutions and international law to sanction Israel.
In particular we are asking you, in light of UN Security Council resolution 2334 (which was co-sponsored by a National-led government) and the recent International Court of Justice advisory ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal, to take the following practical steps to sanction Israel:
Ban all imports into Aotearoa New Zealand from illegal Israeli settlements
End government procurement of goods and services from companies identified by the UN as complicit in the building and maintaining of illegal Israeli settlements
Direct the Superfund, ACC and Kiwisaver providers to end investments in the companies involved in illegal Israeli settlements
The Christchurch City Council has shown the way. We are urging your government to follow suit rapidly.
The time for pious words is well gone – there is only time for practical action as we propose here.
<your name>
Christchurch City Council decision: “We hope others will follow their example” Labour
24 October 2024
Labour backs Christchurch City Council sanctions on Israel
Labour is backing Christchurch City Council’s decision not to do business with firms involved in Israel’s illegal settlements in the Occupied Territories.
“It is great that Christchurch is the first council in New Zealand to take up this cause. We hope others will follow this example,” Labour’s associate foreign affairs spokesperson Phil Twyford said.
“Christchurch City’s decision is in line with the recent International Court of Justice ruling on the illegal settlements, which said the international community should not ‘aid or assist’ the settlements.
“Labour has called on the Government to direct the Super Fund and ACC to divest from any companies on the United Nations list of companies complicit in building or maintaining the illegal settlements, and use its procurement rules to ban any future dealings with those firms.
“New Zealanders want to see an end to Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, and a political solution that allows the establishment of a Palestinian state.
“Unfortunately, since the Oslo Accords in 1993, Israel has deliberately set out to colonise the Occupied West Bank with settlements housing more than 700,000 Israelis, designed to scuttle any hope of a two-state solution.
“It is time for the international community to take action against this breach of international law,” Phil Twyford said.
Authorised by Chris Hipkins, Parliament Buildings, Wellington
Keep your ear to the ground
Pass on to us any news you have of government MPs at public events so we can hold them to account. Send messages to Secretary@PSNA.nz
Nationwide rallies/marches/MP protests/vigils 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
Or events are on the PSNA Facebook events page here
There are more than 30 events around the Motu this week.
North Island
Opononi - Gathering for Palestine
Sunday 3 November
No Rally this weekend
Kerikeri - Rally
Saturday 2 November
9:00 – 11:00 am
Kerikeri roundabout, State highway 10
Whangarei – Rally
Saturday 2 November
No Rally this weekend
Auckland – Picket
Wednesday 30 October
4:00 pm
The US Consulate - 23 Customs Street East, Auckland CBD
Waiheke – Market Stall – hosted by Stand With Palestine Waiheke!
Every Saturday
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ostend Market, Waiheke Island
Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Every Saturday
10:00 am
Text John on 021 899 659 for location
Auckland – Big Ride for Palestine
Saturday 2 November
12:30 pm Meet - Ride through to Mission Bay, St Heliers & back to Britomart for the rally.
Te Komititanga - Britomart Square, Tamaki Makaurau
Auckland – Rally and March for Palestine and Sudan
Saturday 2 November
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga - Britomart Square, Tamaki Makaurau
Thames – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
(Hosted by The Basket – Social and Environmental Justice - Hauraki)
Saturday 2 November
10:00 am
Thames Market, 700 Pollen Street, Thames
Tauranga - Flag wave
Sunday 3 November
1:00 am
Papamoa Shopping center, Domain & Gravatt Rd, Papamoa
Whakatane
Rallies are starting to be organised
Watch this space
Hamilton – Flag Waving for Palestine
Every Saturday
1:00 pm
Flynn Park, Cnr Wairere Drive & Naylor, Hamilton
See next ad for Hamilton Rally
Hamilton – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 2 November
1:00 pm
The Base - corner of Wairere Dr & Te Rapa rd, Hamilton
Raglan
To be advised
Watch this space
Cambridge - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall
Rotorua – Rally for Palestine
Every Thursday
4:30 pm
National MP Todd McClays Office - Cnr Amohau and Ranolf St lights, Rotorua
Gisborne - Farmers Market - Vigil to Stop the war on Children
Every Saturday
9:30 – 11:30 am
Gisborne Farmers Market
Napier - Rally for Palestine
Saturday 2 November
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings – Rally for Palestine
Sunday 3 November
1:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North - Rally for Palestine
Sunday 3 November
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge
Friday 1 November
4:30 pm
Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth
New Plymouth – March for Gaza
Saturday 2 November
1:00 PM
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui - Rally for Palestine
Saturday 2 November
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Carterton – Gathering for Gaza
Every Tuesday
12:00 midday
Memorial Square.
Martinborough – Vigil for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough
Masterton - Gathering for Gaza
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn, Masterton
Featherston – Gathering for Gaza
Every Saturday
11:00 am
The Squircle (opposite the op shop).
Wellington – Vigil for Palestine (by Aotearoa Healthcare Workers for Palestine)
Every Friday
6:00 pm
In front of Wellington Hospital
49 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington
Wellington – Flags on the Bridge
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Every Friday
7:15 – 8:15 am
Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington
Wellington – Rally for Palestine
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Saturday 2 November
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Te Aro Park across from The Opera House
South Island
Nelson – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 2 November
10:30 am
Rocks Road, Tahuna Beach, Nelson
Blenheim - Rally for Palestine
Saturday 2 November
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Sumner - Flag Waving for Palestine
Wednesday 30 October
4:00 pm
Corner of Beachville Road and Main Road, Sumner
Christchurch - Flag Waving for Palestine
Friday 1 November
4:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Christchurch – Rally
Saturday 2 November
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Timaru
No Rally this weekend
Dunedin – Rally and March
Saturday 2 November
No Rally this weekend
Next Rally November 9
Queenstown
No Rally this weekend
Invercargill - Rally for Palestine
Sunday 3 November
1:00 pm
Wachner place Invercargill
BDS action: Watch out for the Obela campaign newsletter later this week
In the meantime you may want some of these stickers – send a note to obelastickers@PSNA.nz and we will send you some.
2024 Edward Said Memorial Lecture to be given by Samah Sabawi
The Australian 2024 Edward Said Memorial Lecture will be delivered live on stage in Adelaide at 5.30 pm on 2 November 2024 by Dr Samah Sabawi.
Topic:
"The Ethnocentric State and Our Fragile Australian Democracy: How Support for Israel Erodes Democratic Values and Practices in Australia and the West".
The lecture will be livestreamed. Details here.
Powerful links between Taranaki and Palestine expressed at petition presentation
Brother Peter Bray addresses the petition presentation
On Friday (25 October) supporters of Palestinian Solidarity Taranaki presented a petition calling for New Plymouth District Council to pass a resolution recognising and acting upon the crisis in Gaza. This includes calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and adjustments in council’s procurement policy to end economic interaction with illegal Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
The paper petition, consisted of 1800+ signatures, as well as letters signed by organizations and businesses including three iwi, Taranaki Cathedral and Taranaki Muslim Association among others. The petition was carried in an emotional procession from Pukekura Park as supporters sang Hine e Hine and held Palestinian flags and posters of children killed in Gaza.
On arrival at the entrance to NPDC building around 50 supporters gathered and were met by the deputy Mayor David Bublitz and councillors Bali Haque and Harry Duynhoven.
In his address Dr Ruakere Hond urged council to pay heed to the colonial violence and theft of land that had taken place in our own region, “ If anyone should know the devastation of violent oppression and genocidal intent it should be Taranaki. In Taranaki, of all places in New Zealand, we should be able to speak for the Palestinian people, to speak out and act against the crimes enacted against them."
Brother Peter Bray – significantly born and raised in Waitara – then spoke about his 15 years as Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. He talked about the effect on his students over the years and the difficulty for everyone living under occupation. He intended to report back to Bethlehem the support he had witnessed in New Plymouth for the people of Gaza.
Kate Cole, organiser of Palestinian Solidarity Taranaki, said “If our government fails to speak out against Israel's war crimes and crimes against humanity then our local government must remind them that a small nation like ours depends on international law and urgently needs to make a strong stand for these things wherever they occur”
"We are asking our council to join two other councils who have passed similar motions and to follow the lead of Christchurch City Council's historic motion this week that ends all economic involvement with the illegal settlements."
Petition organiser Grant Cole asked “Whenever a population is at risk through genocide or crimes against humanity, those people turn to the world for help. Are we not part of that world here in New Plymouth?"
The petition was handed over to the Deputy Mayor by Tahseen Othman, a Palestinian local resident who has family in the West Bank. Tahseen and his family have come to our weekly rallies for the last 12 months. In his words to the deputy mayor he made it clear that our petition was about acting on humanitarian values.
“We have given New Plymouth City Council the impetus and direction to follow Christchurch City Council's lead. Calls for a ceasefire or expressions of concern are not enough on their own. Words have to be backed up with action, and small as it is, the exclusion of business conducted with the occupation is just that, it works as a symbol and as a sanction when the central government won’t act.
Apart from the moral imperative, there is also the hard and fast legal responsibilities set out in UN Resolution 2334 (co-sponsored by NZ) and the recent General assembly resolution adopted this September”, concluded Kate.
The deputy mayor accepted the petition and it is now a waiting game before a motion can be placed on the agenda for the next council meeting on November 5.
This is Palestine: Resistance, truth-telling and survival in a time of genocide
PSNA is one of the groups promoting this important seminar organised in Australia.
Webinar: International student movements against genocide in Palestine
Vijay Prasad’s visit to Aotearoa New Zealand
Vijay gave a great talk focused on Palestine when he visited Auckland last week. His address can be found here and is well worth the time to watch.
Rand Hazou moderating the talk with the Q&A which followed.
Indian historian, journalist and activist Vijay Prasad with Maire Leadbetter (left) and Laurie Ross, who were involved in New Zealand’s Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
Invitation from International League of People’s Struggle to an ILPS assembly on November 15-17
Already several people from PSNA are attending this event and it would be good if more can come. Here is the letter of invite we received.
Kia ora,
Warm greetings of solidarity!
We are honoured to invite PSNA to the first in-person assembly of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) Aotearoa, where movements, organisations, and alliances committed to unity, cooperation, and coordination in anti-imperialist and democratic struggles will come together.
The assembly will take place from 2 pm on November 15 to 3 pm on November 17, 2024, at the Willowhaven Holiday Park in Rotorua.
This gathering is especially urgent in the face of global crises, including the worsening genocide in Palestine. As the resistance to imperialism grows, the need to strengthen our collective resolve has never been more critical. Together, we aim to build new alliances and fortify existing ones, ensuring that our global fight against imperialism and all forms of oppression remains steadfast and resolute.
Your participation in this assembly is vital, and we warmly welcome the powerful insights and contributions your organization will bring. Let us unite in solidarity to stand against imperialism and support the struggles of oppressed peoples worldwide.
For registration and more details of the conference please email ilps.nz@proton.me
Kasama sa pakikibaka/In Solidarity,
Eugene Velasco,
GABRIELA Aotearoa NZ Secretary
FIANZ young leaders call out government double standards on Palestine
This report is in Flipbook format here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/23daea6d0c.html
You can email feedback and constructive suggestions on the way forward here: fianzyouthadvocacy@gmail.com
Don’t Bank on Apartheid
Right now, ASB KiwiSaver funds have over $14 million invested in Motorola Solutions Inc. who are part of a United Nations list of 116 companies enabling illegal Israeli settlements.4 They are the technology and surveillance arm of the Israeli military and have custom built technologies for this occupying force. Their technology is used in illegal settlements, checkpoints, in the illegal “separation barrier” and by the military.5 Due to the recent ruling at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) there is now also a legal case that we should not be doing business with companies like Motorola.
We are asking ASB to make a choice: divest its KiwiSaver funds from Motorola Solutions Inc. or watch your customers switch en masse on November 29th, Day of Solidarity with Palestinians.
Whether or not you have a Kiwisaver with ASB.
Cactus pear for my beloved – new book by Samah Sabawi
Don't forget to grab a copy of my new book Cactus Pear for My Beloved: A family story from Gaza
https://www.penguin.com.au/books/cactus-pear-for-my-beloved-9781761344978
Tautoko Gaza in music
TAUTOKO GAZA
Tautoko Gaza - Aotearoa Artists in Solidarity with Palestine
This amazing compilation album from Aotearoa New Zealand artists was released in November last year to stand in support of Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
It has now been nominated for best compilation at the Mighty Aotearoa Alternative Award being held in Ōtautahi/Christchurch in early November.
You can listen and buy the album at the link below - all funds go to Medical Aid for Palestine!
Give this album the big push it deserves!
A great Xmas present…
And once again remember you can still take action on these asks from recent newsletters…
1. Each week thousands of letters are going to all MPs – have you written your letter and sent it to us so we can get it to all MPs?
All the details you need to join the letter-writing campaign are on our website here
2. Have you sent a letter of complaint to your local supermarket about selling Obela Hommus and other products yet?
Sample letter of complaint to your local supermarket
Kia ora,
I am asking you to withdraw Obela Hommus and other Obela products from your shelves because it is supporting the genocide in Gaza. Obela is owned by the Strauss Group in Israel which helps finance and provides “care packages” for Israeli troops involved in genocide in Gaza.
It is unacceptable to have such a product in the store, particularly as the International Court of Justice ruled last month that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is unlawful and that all countries should end any “aid or assistance” to Israel to maintain its illegal occupation.
Selling Israeli products in New Zealand supermarkets is assisting the Israeli economy enabling the occupation to continue.
Please stop selling this product which assists genocide and assists Israel to continue its occupation of in Palestine.
Please get back to me urgently.
Name
Contact details
More details of the campaign will be in the Obela Newsletter special later this week.
Remember BDS for Aotearoa New Zealand
Remember our big six BDS targets for Aotearoa New Zealand?
Obela Hummus and other Obela products
Ahava skin care products
Sodastream
HP (Hewlett-Packard)
BP and Caltex
McDonalds
BIBI - My Story
Watch out for this book in booksellers around the country which celebrates the life of a genocidal racist whom the Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court wants to arrest and try for war crimes…
If you see the book in a bookstore, protest to the management and/or be creative in shifting copies out of the public eye, use your imagination….
Important stories this week
Editor’s Pick’s
Normal Finkelstein and Chris Hedges in discussion here
Israel kills the journalists. Western media kills the truth of genocide in Gaza here (Jonathan Cook)
Fears for six Palestinian journalists after Israel names them as targets here
Many children among hundreds killed or wounded in latest Israeli bombings of Gaza here
The West’s support for Israel’s genocide is destroying the world as we know it here
Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity “extreme under any circumstances” here
Israeli attack forces last functioning hospital in north Gaza to halt operations here
Israeli forces kill children, detain staff and patients at Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital here
Northern Gaza is what you imagine hell to be, and probably worse here
Arundhati Roy: ‘No propaganda on Earth can hide the wound that is Palestine’ here
Israel is a Terrorist State: Australia should apply sanctions, disinvestment and proscribe citizens from joining the IDF here
There is no scenario when Israel stops killing on its own here
Israel commits its largest massacre yet in northern Gaza here
Israel’s Middle East forever wars pave the way for Israel’s demise here
Israel uses massacres, bombings of shelters and hospitals as part of its systematic strategy to evacuate northern Gaza here
UN must designate northern Gaza as disaster area, take appropriate action, and compel Israel to halt the genocide here
Palestinians in northern Gaza ‘waiting to die’ amid Israel onslaught: UNRWA chief here
Half of Jabalia ethnically cleansed by Israeli army as schools burned and men kidnapped here
Other Stories
Al Jazeera has posted the 'Israelism' documentary film to YouTube here and the co-directors of the film are interviewed here
UN official says all Palestinians under Israeli siege in north Gaza at risk of death here
Israeli strikes kill at least 65 in Gaza’s Beit Lahia, Jabalia as siege on north worsens here
3 more journalists killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza as death toll rises to 180 here
UN chief expresses shock at devastation in northern Gaza here
'Endless nights of terror': Six constants of Israel's war in northern Gaza Strip here
German arms exports to Israel increase, contradicting government reports here
Partners in Crime: The German Shibboleth, Israel, Genocide here
How 7 October forever destroyed the myth of Israeli military invincibility here
An international civil society movement for Palestine is needed today more than ever here
California pistachio billionaires funding Israel’s occupation regime here
Fiji water donates $50 million to genocidal Israel here
Teachers have a right to show solidarity with Palestinians here
Israeli army continues attempts to empty northern Gaza here
335,500 Gaza Dead Estimate: Voting For Kid-Killing Kamala (KKK) Harris Means Complicity in Genocide by Dr Gideon Polya here
Political Labelling: The EU’s Legal Stance on Goods from Israel’s Illegal Settlements by Dr Binoy Kampmark here
Holy redemption: Stealing Palestinian land here (53 minute video)
Palestinian civilians forced out of Jabalia recall terror by Israeli army here
Urgent int’l intervention needed to send rescue teams to residential block bombed by Israeli army in Jabalia here
Israel kills at least 820 Palestinians in 22-day siege of northern Gaza here
Survivors of north Gaza invasion report Israeli ‘extermination’ campaign here
Israeli soldiers sing and dance as they bomb Lebanon here (video)
Middle East govts condemn Israel strikes as 'violation' of Iranian sovereignty here
Attacks on Palestinians healthcare in northern Gaza here
Meet the architect behind Israel’s ethnic cleansing of Gaza here (Zeteo)
Gaza extermination: Netanyahu is 'finishing the job' while the world watches here
Report: A spatial analysis of the Israeli military conduct in Gaza since October 2023 here
The Day After Israeli Strikes On Iran: What's Next here
The end of the Zionist state of Israel here
Israel bans at least six medical aid missions from entering Gaza here
Australia is dismantling academic freedom in defense of Zionism here
UN must designate northern Gaza as disaster area, take appropriate action, and compel Israel to halt the genocide here
Lebanon: Israel’s targeting of relief teams, Red Cross crews is a serious violation of int’l humanitarian law here
Israeli massacre in north Gaza’s Beit Lahiya here
Crowd of Palestinians helping ‘shredded child’ come under attack in Gaza here
Israel has taken human shields to a whole new criminal level here
Israel ‘demolished’ watchtower in latest attack on UN Lebanon peacekeepers here
All of Gaza 'at risk of famine' as Israel chokes off the north here
The West’s hypocrisy is a bottomless pit for Palestinians here
It’s the silence that kills here
Netanyahu’s defiance of UNSC 1701 and Israel’s strategy for Hezbollah’s destruction here
Misinterpret Iran’s signals of restraint at your peril here
Israel refuses UN entry to north Gaza to rescue people from under the rubble here
Yahya Sinwar history will judge the living and the dead here
Lebanon: Using internationally prohibited weapons, Israel escalates its crimes against civilians here
Israel orders expulsion of densely-populated Tyre neighbourhood amid massive strikes here
UN says it could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under blockade here
Israel plans to let Jewish settlers change status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque, warns Islamic Council here
How the UN Commission of Inquiry Report on October 7 launders Israeli propaganda here
Meta’s Israel policy chief pushed for removal of pro-Palestinian Instagram posts: Report here
Italy: University of Milan suspends cooperation with Israel’s Reichman University here
Australia relies on Israeli weapons, which means it now relies on genocide here
Christchurch City becomes the first New Zealand city to sanction Israel here
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
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
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 - 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
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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
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