PSNA Newsletter No 189 - 21 May 2025
21 Haratua 2025
21 May 2025
Newsletter No 189
The crisis is intensifying in Gaza day by day – Palestinians in Gaza need YOU to be very active in the coming few days and weeks –
See what actions you can take to make a difference TODAY!
Items in this newsletter
1. Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week
2. What you can do now with just a few clicks…
3. PSNA condemns NZ government response to Israel’s starvation plan in Gaza
4. Checkpoint Technologies challenged in Taupo
5. Two upcoming webinars
6. ‘Unerased’ exhibition ready for national tour
7. Cries of ‘Shame!’ greet Winston Peters at Hillside workshops in Dunedin
8. Palestinian artists speak out in podcasts
9. Get a scoop – support Ben and Jerry’s!
10. Quotes of the week
11. End Microsoft complicity with genocide
12. Gaza stripped
13. Three letters from the NZ Herald this week.
14. Rest in Peace Ali Kazak
15. A couple of pics from around the country
16. Yousef Aljamal Aotearoa NZ tour next month
17. The Doctor’s Wife – how to organize a local screening
18. Palestine poetry competition
19. Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
20. Important stories from last week
21. Merchandise for sale
22. SodaStream stickers available
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 25 events around the Motu this week.
North Island
Hokianga
No event this weekend
Kerikeri - Rally
First Saturday of the Month
No Rally this weekend
Whangarei
Saturday 24 May
No event notified for this weekend
Please check PSNA Facebook events page later in the week
Auckland – Stand for Palestine
Monday – Friday
3:00 – 4:00 pm at the US Consulate - 23 Customs Street East
4:00 – 5:00 pm at Te Komititanga Britomart Square
Picket at McDonalds
Wednesday May 21
12:00 mid-day
McDonalds Britomart Square
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 – 1:00 pm
Join the team – text John on 021 899 659
Auckland – Rally and March to TVNZ
Saturday 24 May
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)
first Saturday of the month
Tauranga – Flag Waving
Sunday 25 May
11:00 am
Bethlehem Shopping Center, SH 2 Bethlehem
Hamilton – Flag Waving for Palestine
Every Saturday
1:00 pm
Flynn Park, Cnr Wairere Drive & Naylor, Hamilton
Raglan – Movie - No Other Land
Hosted by Whaingaroa Palestine Solidarity
Saturday 24 May
7:00 pm
Raglan Old School. Cash tickets only
Cambridge - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall
Rotorua – Rally for Palestine
Every Thursday
4:30 pm
National MP Todd McClay’s Office - Cnr Amohau and Ranolf St lights, Rotorua
Napier - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings – Rally for Palestine
Every Sunday
1:30 – 3:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North - Rally
Every Sunday
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
Ngāmotu-New Plymouth – Flags on the bridge
Saturday 24 May
1:00 pm
Paynters Ave Bridge, New Plymouth
Whanganui - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Martinborough – Vigil for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
Memorial gate - Martinborough Square, at the end of SH53
Masterton - Gathering for Gaza
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn, Masterton
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 at Wellington Hospital
(hosted by Aotearoa Healthcare workers for Palestine)
First Friday of the month
Wellington – Action for Palestine
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Saturday May 24
1:00 pm
Meet corner of Courtenay Place and Cambridge Terrace for an action in area
See https://www.instagram.com/falastin_tea_collective for further details
South Island
Nelson – Flag Waving and Banners
Thursday 22 May
7:30 – 9:00 am
Bishopdale Hill (Opp SPCA)
Nelson
Saturday May 24
No Rally notified for this weekend as yet
Check PSNA Facebook events page later in the week
Blenheim - Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Picton – Rally for Palestine
Every Saturday
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Picton Foreshore
Greymouth – Screening of the Doctor's Wife
Monday, May 19
5.30pm
DP1 Café, Greymouth
Christchurch – Flags for Palestine
Every Friday
4:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Christchurch – Movie – The Settlers
Thursday 22 May
6:00 pm
Littleton Coffee Company, 29 London Street, Littleton
Christchurch – Rally for Palestine
Saturday 24 May
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance
Dunedin - BDS for Palestine Explained - Kai & Kōrero
Hosted by MUSA, Staff 4 Palestine & OSJP
Monday 26 May
Doors open at 6:00 pm
Humanities Common Room, Level 1 of Burns Building, University of Otago
Dunedin
No Rally this weekend
Invercargill – Rally for Palestine
(hosted by Invercargill Stands With Palestine)
Every Sunday
1:00 pm
Wachner Place, Invercargill
What can you do now with just a few clicks…
1. Come along and support your local Palestine solidarity protests as well as share them on your social media pages – see list above!
2. Copy and paste the letter to the Hilton Hotel Taupo management (see later in newsletter)
3. Make a point of joining one of the webinars this month (see later in newsletter)
4. Support the campaign to hold Microsoft to account (see later in newsletter)
5. Share the ‘Gaza Stripped’ poster on your social media
6. Write a letter to your local newspaper this week (see examples later in the newsletter)
7. If you didn’t send this letter to National Party MPs please do so now!
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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.nz;
Cameron.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.van.der.Molen@parliament.govt.nz;
Simon.Watts@parliament.govt.nz;
Catherine.Wedd@parliament.govt.nz;
vanessa.weenink@parliament.govt.nz;
Nicola.Willis@parliament.govt.nz;
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Kia ora Mr Luxon and all National MPs,
The indelible stain on the moral character of the National Party
We cannot remember a previous time when a New Zealand government has been silent in the face of industrial-scale killing of civilians anywhere in the world.
Our governments have spoken out to condemn those committing war crimes such as consciously and deliberately bombing and starving civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure.
There is no possibility of you saying in the future “I didn’t know”. You do.
Foreign Affairs is not something to be contracted out, with no responsibility to you, to the most reactionary elements of your government. You can’t wash your hands and walk away.
Please don’t respond with the empty statements of “deep concern” etc which we have had for 18 months.
It’s too late to repair the damage from your 18 months of silence but it’s not too late to speak out now to save some of the lives which will be lost if you continue to look the other way.
<Your name>
PSNA condemns New Zealand government response to starvation in Gaza as ‘wholly inadequate’
In the last day PSNA has issued two media releases demanding concrete actions from our government over the Israeli generated starvation in Gaza.
1. Israeli ‘nine truck photo-op’ doesn’t slow Gaza genocide
The Israeli government approved nine truck aid convoy into Gaza is a cynical photo-op, according to the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.
PSNA says the trucks are designed to appease and confuse both western news media and critics of Israeli genocide in Gaza.
PSNA Co-Chair Maher Nazzal says the Israeli Prime Minister is openly reported in the Israeli media that leading backers of Israel in the United States are concerned that blocking food and other supplies entering Gaza is not a good look.
“These American politicians completely back Israeli war crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing, but they worry that US and UK war supplies for Israel are in jeopardy if it looks like Israel is starving an entire civilian population to death.”
“The UN estimated that 600 trucks a day are required for minimum food, medicine and fuel supply. This was before Israel destroyed food production in Gaza itself. Nine truckloads – even if a few more follow – will make no difference.”
Nazzal says the images of trucks entering Gaza will dominate what he describes as obedient media coverage.
“The indications are that Israel is escalating the military onslaught on Gaza to unprecedented ferocity.”
“Israel has wreaked nearly every building in the Gaza Strip. This new phase is to kill and drive the population of more than two million Palestinians, men, women and children, either onto tiny reservations in Gaza or into Africa. This is happening in full view of the world.”
“Leading international genocide scholars have just announced that Israel is conducting genocide. There are no ifs and buts about their conclusion.”
“We just hope that our Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has been briefed on the most recent of Israeli war crimes and intentions.”
“He’s scheduled to visit a number of South Asian countries next week. He’ll be needing to end his silence on Israeli atrocities in Gaza and be able to tell foreign leaders what specific steps New Zealand is taking to help bring Israel to heel.”
2. NZ signature on Gaza statement ‘wholly inadequate’
PSNA says an end to government silence on Israeli genocide in Gaza is overdue, but says New Zealand’s signature on an international declaration is wholly inadequate and too little too late.
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Co-Chair John Minto says a just released joint statement by 22 foreign ministers, including New Zealand’s, breaks New Zealand’s month’s long silence on Israel’s genocide in Gaza, but falls well short of any means of making Israel comply with international law.
“We don’t need to be told all over again that the resumption of full-scale aid deliveries is vital to avoid widescale starvation, or that the UN must drive the aid distribution and there is a vital need for a ceasefire.”
“This is just New Zealand dusting off the rhetoric which it issued a year ago – which was completely ignored by Israel.”
Minto says the only promising moves with potential teeth are in a joint statement just issued by the UK, France and Canada.
“At last, some major countries are talking about sanctions,” Minto says.
The triparted statement threatens sanctions against Israel.
“If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.”
They (the three countries) also warned they would be prepared to impose targeted sanctions over attempts to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Minto says over the past few days Israel has been ramping up its assault on Gaza to even higher levels of ferocity.
“It’s time for governments’ words to end, and sanctions to be implemented. A year ago, Canada and New Zealand were issuing joint statements on Gaza, along with Australia.”
“Canada has raised the stakes. New Zealand should move past Canada and implement sanctions immediately.”
Checkpoint Technologies challenged in Taupo
Palestine solidarity activists from across the North Island are heading to Taupo this week to protest an event organised to promote Israeli cyberware company Check Point Technologies.
Check Point Technologies is an Israeli-American joint venture specializing in cybersecurity and surveillance technology are hosting a "bootcamp" at the Hilton Taupo from the 21-23rd May as part of TechWeek. So in conjunction with a protest at the Hilton we are encouraging everyone to send an email condemning the Hilton for allowing their business to be used by a firm that is complicit to genocide. For maximum impact, we're asking everyone to copy, paste and send the below email as soon as you get this newsletter. We're also asking everyone to leave a bad review on the Hiltons page.
You can help the protest by pasting this message into an email to the Hilton management and TechWeek organisers.
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Hilton management
reservations.laketaupo@hilton.com
CEO of Hilton worldwide
Christopher.Nassetta@hilton.com
Tech week organisers
Kia ora TechWeek organisers and the Hilton Hotel Management,
Withdraw support for Israel’s occupation of Palestine
It has come to my attention that the Hilton Hotel Taupo is allowing Check Point Technologies to host a technology bootcamp. Check Point technologies is an Israel-America joint venture and as you are probably aware Israel, with America's backing, is committing genocide/ethnic cleansing in Palestine.
The International Court of Justice has ruled Israel’s actions in Gaza are a ‘plausible genocide’ while Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, along with leading genocide scholars, have concluded Israel is perpetrating acts of genocide in Gaza.
International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister to face charges of committing ‘crimes against humanity’ while Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B’Tselem and UN officials have declared Israel’s racist policies against Palestinians constitute apartheid.
There is certainly a moral, if not legal, obligation on all states, businesses and individual, to impose sanctions on Israel. Failure to do so could/will result in loss of reputation for the Hilton brand name
Please cancel Israel’s participation in TechWeek and withdraw the Hilton’s support for this arm of Israel’s genocidal apartheid state.
(your name)
Two upcoming webinars
1) From the occupied West Bank to the besieged Gaza – webinar with Marian Barghouti
2) Promoting Israel in Australia
You can register for the webinar here: https://events.humanitix.com/promoting-israel-in-australia
‘Unerased’ Palestine exhibition closes in Tamaki – ready to tour the country
You have probably seen this in the PSNA newsletter and on social media. We run UNERASED: The Palestine Experience here in Auckland.
This immersive exhibition weaves together art, memory, sound, and collective resilience, telling stories that refuse to be silenced. UNERASED stands as a tribute to the Palestinian experience, both past and present, and offers an invitation to bear witness, reflect, and connect.
UNERASED was wrapped up last week and is ready now for a tour across the country. Ideally, a decent space would be best for running it over the weekend, either for full days or half days.
The attached videos give some ideas about what we had and what you can expect. Some materials cannot be moved, so we could reach your local communities to lend some of their belongings (souvenirs, arts, and crafts).
You might express your interest to Secretary@psna.nz on cc... to arrange accordingly.
See the TVNZ interview with Palestinians from Gaza – filmed at the ‘Unerased’ exhibition here
Cries of ‘Shame!’ greet Winston Peters at Hillside workshops in Dunedin
Protestors outside Hillside workshops last week
The protest story is here
Palestinian artists speak out in podcasts
The Tarwida Podcast is an excellent podcast that features Palestinian artists. You can check out their podcasts here.
Our very own Rinad Tamimi (who is on the PSNA national committee) does the Watermelon Podcast which you can check out here.
Get a scoop – consider supporting Ben and Jerry’s corporate fight against Israeli genocide
Ben Cohen (the Ben in Ben and Jerry’s) arrested in senate protest
The arrest this past week of Ben Cohen, founder of ice-cream corporate Ben and Jerry’s, is just the most recent chapter in Ben and Jerry’s fight for ethical trading in Palestine against its owner Unilever.
Ben Cohen was one of seven people arrested for attending a pro-Gaza protest at a US Senate hearing. He’s been arrested for protesting in support of Palestine many other times.
WATCH: Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested for Gaza protest in Capitol
Ben and Jerry’s trading in Israel and the OPT has continued in a highly publicised legal battle over some years, between Ben and Jerry’s and Zionist supporting Unilever.
There is an argument that Ben and Jerry’s should be sanctioned for continuing to trade in Israel.
There’s also an argument Ben and Jerry’s should be supported for being a very rare US company that openly and proudly stands in support of Palestine.
Judge for yourself;
Ben & Jerry’s Will End Sales of Our Ice Cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territory | Ben & Jerry’s
If you do decide Ben and Jerry’s deserve support then after your next rally you can visit them for an ice-cream (vegan options are available).
But make sure you take your Palestine flags in and get the staff to pass the message onto their head office that Ben and Jerry’s must quit Israel and the OPT totally to keep your custom.
Quotes of the week
“The core paradox of Gideon’s Chariots is that its military logic is undermined by the absence of a political solution. While it may degrade Hamas in the short term,
it offers no viable framework for what comes next.
The longer Israel remains in Gaza, the more it risks falling into a familiar trap: overextension, international condemnation, and an empowered resistance movement”
—E.J. Magnier; Lebanese Commentator & Military Analyst
[The entire enclave is in Phase 4, which is characterized by]"large food consumption gaps... very high acute malnutrition and excess mortality. We currently are lacking nutrition rehabilitation supplies and equipment, including pharmaceuticals. Because of the blockades, supplies are dwindling rapidly."
—Richard Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
End Microsoft complicity in genocide
Let’s make Microsoft cut ties with genocide — follow the steps in the action hub here
Gaza stripped
Three letters from the NZ Herald this week
Rest in Peace Ali Kazak
Last weekend the first Palestine Liberation Organisation representative to Aotearoa New Zealand died in Thailand.
Ali Kazak was a ‘Nakba Baby’ just a year old in Haifa when the invading Zionist forces drove his mother and him literally into the sea in 1948.
He dedicated the rest of his life to the Palestinian cause, the past 55 years of them in Australia when he had a brief to represent the PLO in Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific.
Ali visited very often in the 1980s, strongly supporting the Palestine support groups in Auckland and Wellington and attending a number of national hui.
During a speaking tour in early 1982, Ali met with the Foreign Minister Warren Cooper, which was a breakthrough first official meeting between a PLO official and a western government foreign minister.
These days Palestine is formally represented by the PA, but Ali continued to work tirelessly with his writing and advocacy for Palestine.
Ali is survived by his wife Aminah and four children.
A couple of pics from around the country
PSNA Secretary Anne Hare on the megaphone outside the beehive last week
New Plymouth supporters flag-wave outside the local council’s offices
Dr Yousef Aljamal’s tour to Aotearoa New Zealand next month
We are looking forward to Yousef’s tour around the country next month. The poster below is for his New Plymouth visit. We will have full details of his public meetings in coming newsletters.
Announcing the 2nd Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award
Entries are now open for the second Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award, which in 2025 will again be $500 NZD.
In honour of Mercedes’ support for Palestinian rights, her passionate resistance to injustice, and in light of the current genocide in Gaza, the topic for this year’s award is RESISTANCE.
Entries are invited from writers resident in New Zealand, Australia and Palestine of one previously-unpublished poem per entrant, with a word count not exceeding 430 words.
Closing date for entries is 28 September, 2025, the 25th anniversary of the Second Intifada in Palestine, the 126th anniversary of NZ’s parliamentary vote to send troops to South Africa in support of Britain’s colonialist war, and the 42nd anniversary of the death of Aboriginal man John Peter Pat’s death in police custody in Roeburn, Western Australia.
Five finalists will be selected and advised by 29 November 2025, International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, and invited to submit a video of a reading of their entry, to be posted on the Award Youtube channel. All finalists will receive a copy of one of Mercedes’ books.
The winner and runners-up of the award will be announced on 9 December 2025, the 38th anniversary of the First Intifada in Palestine, and of the 107th anniversary of the Surafend massacre committed by New Zealand and Australian soldiers in Palestine.
In addition to the main award of $500, there will be a second prize – if English-speaking, a copy of Mahmoud Darwish’s Unfortunately, It Was Paradise: selected poems; if Arabic-speaking, a copy of Abdallah Abulaban’s Women in the Sun, co-winner of the 2024-2025 Palestine Cultural Awards - Ghassan Kanafani Award for Literature.
All poems entered for the award remain confidential, anonymous, and internal during the judging process.
Two copies of each entry are required:
1) The first copy must be submitted as one PDF file and contain a Title Page with author's name, address, personal e-mail address, and telephone number. The poem file name format must be: Author last name_author first name_poem title. e.g plath_sylvia_mad girls love song If no title, please use the first line of the poem as the title. e.g plath_sylvia_you might as well haul up
2) The second copy must be a "blind" copy (PDF file) with the title and poem only on the Title Page. All identifying information must be removed or redacted within the file. The file name for this copy must be the title of the poem only.
Resist genocide and injustice, past and present, and send your entry to:
Email address: m.webbpullman.poetry.award@gmail.com
Subject: Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award 2024 - RESISTANCE
The Doctor’s Wife – how to organize a local screening
Among the many excellent documentaries which are being screened by the Palestine solidarity movement around New Zealand is an absolute gem of a film by local filmmaker Paula Jones and associate director Tamara Azizian.
The film is “The Doctor’s Wife” and follows the decades long work of Dr Alan Kerr, a surgeon from New Zealand, and his wife Hazel in the hospitals of Palestine.
We would encourage everyone around the country to organise local screenings of the film – even with family and friends in your living room – and raise funds for the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF)
All details of organising a local film screening are on the website here: https://whitioraproductions.com/the-doctors-wife
Comment from screenings in Hawkes Bay
“A full hall both days for the showing of "The Doctors Wife" a beautiful story of Dr Alan Kerr and his wife Hazel who travel to Palestine many times, for Alan to do Heart surgery while Hazel teaches drama to the children in the refugee camps”
Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!
Remember possible action for local groups
For groups affiliated to PSNA we suggest the following actions could be taken at any time in support of this campaign
Asking your local backpacker accommodation to display the poster and draw it to the attention of any Israeli soldiers here on “rest and recreation” from the genocide.
Pasting the hotline poster (use the version in this newsletter which includes a contact email) around the vicinity of backpacker venues in your local area. This is already happening in some areas.
Hand out flyers to people in the vicinity of your local backpackers
Contact us on the hotline if you come across Israeli soldiers
Important stories from last week
Editor’s picks
Why the wall of silence on the Gaza genocide is finally starting to crack here
Cracks are opening up in western complicity over Gaza genocide here
Radio New Zealand’s Report On Its Israel-Gaza Coverage Is Not Credible here
From life in an apartment to life in a tent here
UK halts 'Israel' trade talk, imposes sanctions amid Gaza invasion here
Other stories
Dustbin of history here
Protest at Den Hague here
Israel launches expanded ground invasion to conquer Gaza as Trump gulf war wraps up here
“Nothing Left in Jabaliya”: Endless Catastrophes in a Besieged Refugee Camp here
Israel has already lost the Gaza war. It just doesn't know it yet here
Genocide in Gaza: The BBC’s Self-Inflicted ‘Trust Crisis’ here
Netanyahu: Gaza Aid Scheme Offers Israel Symbolic Cover to Finish the Genocide here
Gaza genocide wall of silence finally starts cracking – why? here
Deployment of armed US mercenaries under guise of aid relief in Gaza ’unlawful’: Intl. lawyer here
Joint donor statement on humanitarian aid to Gaza here
“The End of Israel? Ilan Pappé on Zionism’s Collapse & a Future Built From Islamic Heritage” here
Merchandise for sale
We are ready to mail to you any of our t-shirts, long ($35) and short ($30) sleeved, hoodies ($45) bumper stickers ($3), Tino/Palestine pins ($3) flags ($10) and other items plus postage.
See more on the PSNA website here.
Email Merchandise@PSNA.nz with your order.
Sodastream stickering is going gangbusters…
What happens when SodaStream products are consistently stickered?
If you’d like some stickers for sodastream email your name and address to Merchandise@PSNA.nz and we will send them to you.
Reminder: Annual Dates for Palestine Solidarity
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
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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.
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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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)