PSNA Newsletter No 69 - April 23 2022
23 Paenga-whāwhā 2022
23 April 2022
Newsletter No 69
Something you can do now with just a few clicks…
Sign this Petition:
The Aotearoa New Zealand government issues meaningless drivel about Israel’s military occupation of Palestine. Here is their latest waste of words.
Palestinians live under a brutal Israeli military occupation. We would never call on Ukrainians to tone down their opposition to Russia’s occupation of Ukraine so why do we call on Palestinians to go easy on the Israeli racist, apartheid regime which occupies Palestine?
Sonny Bill Williams has more integrity that MFAT – here is his tweet with a serious question as to why countries like Aotearoa New Zealand look the other way while Palestinians are brutalised.
Let’s tell Foreign Affairs to grow some integrity!
Sign this petition calling on the government to condemn Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
NAKBA Day – Sunday 15 May – National Day to Rally for Palestine
May 15th marks Nakba Day (“catastrophe” in Arabic) which remembers the ethnic cleansing of up to a million Palestinians from their land and homes by Israeli militias in 1948.
Palestinians continue their struggle for human rights and self-determination 74 years later in 2022 despite on-going theft of their land, bulldozing of their homes and widespread suffering under Israeli military occupation.
To mark this important day Palestine solidarity supporters will be out in public around the country – we will bring full details of events in the next newsletter but those organized so far include:
Auckland: Aotea Square at 2pm. Facebook event page here
New Plymouth: Puke Ariki Landing 2pm to 3pm. Facebook event page here
Christchurch: Bridge of Remembrance 12 noon, Facebook event page here
Others will be added in the coming week. See PSNA events here. Expect these as well as the above:
Bay of Islands
Hamilton
Napier
Palmerston North
Whanganui
Wellington
Nelson
Dunedin
Something you can do right now with a couple of clicks
Mark Nakba Day (Sunday 15 May) in your diary and join the public rally action in your closest centre (more details of events will be in the next newsletter)
Share the poster above on social media and email and then share your local event when it is finalised…
Get ready for World Kufiya Day – 11 May
This photo from World Kufiya Day last year with New Zealand parliamentarians showing solidarity with Palestine by wearing a kufiya
AXA global day of action – 25 April
Demand French insurer AXA divest from companies involved in Israeli war crimes and climate destruction here Actions you can take are at this link here
Interesting poll from the Australian election
The results are in - and you won't be surprised. A poll to be released first thing tomorrow (last week) shows the majority of Australians think:
Israel should immediately end its occupation of Palestine and siege of Gaza
Palestine should be recognised as a State
Israel's attacks on Gaza in May last year were unjustified
Alleged war crimes in Palestine should be investigated by the International Criminal Court
Australia should take seriously human rights groups conclusions that Israel is committing apartheid
The Palestine solidarity movement in Australia are using the poll results to get supporters to email their local election candidates.
It’s time for Puma to end sponsorship of Israeli apartheid
Sign the petition for freedom of worship in Palestine
The petition is here
In conversation with Michael Lynk
Michael Lynk has just stood down as United National Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. He did a fantastic job in promoting support for Palestinian human rights and in his last report he called out Israel for its apartheid policies against Palestinians.
You can register for the event here.
Picturing Israel’s illegal settlements and why the so-called “two-state solution” is no longer possible
Ramadan is just 2 weeks away. Break your fast on ethically sourced Palestinian Medjoul Dates
Don’t be tricked into buying Israeli dates from illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land. Ethically sourced dates can be purchased from Preserved Identity here
Google – don’t punish workers for standing with Palestinians
Important stories from the Web
The signature of this GAZA artist can be found across the strip and around the world here
Israel storms Al Aqsa mosque and beats Palestinian worshipers to make way for Jewish settlers here
How UK government has bought into Israeli hasbara (propaganda) here
Meet the New Zealand Jews against the occupation of Palestine here
Wine-washing the Israeli occupation here
Irish MP Richard Boyd Barrett calls out double standards – Ukraine and Palestine here
Request for donations for Mondoweiss (excellent journalism on Palestine) here
Ahmad Al Manasra – a Palestinian child who grew up behind Israeli bars here
Harvard Law school apartheid report leaves Israel’s defenders speechless here
Why Zelensky’s dream of Ukraine becoming “big Israel” makes Moscow nervous here
Six Palestinians NGOs demand action to reverse Israel’s terror designation here
Reminder: Dates for Palestine Solidarity in 2022
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 Naksa 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)
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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Go here - https://www.psna.nz/shop
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
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Secretary - Neil Scott: Secretary@PSNA.nz
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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)