PSNA Newsletter No 190 - 28 May 2025

28 Haratua 2025
28 May 2025

Newsletter No 190

Items in this newsletter

  1. Nationwide rallies/marches/vigils this week

  2. Israel blocks NZ aid to starving Palestinians

  3. What you can do now with just a few clicks…

  4. Meeting National MP Dana Fitzpatrick

  5. Invercargill make successful presentation to their city council

  6. More Government Double Standards on Palestine as it Greenlights Escalating Genocide

  7. “Medics Under Fire” film still withheld by the BBC

  8. Quote of the week

  9. Norwegian unions take comprehensive BDS actions against Israel

  10. Letter in the Press this week

  11. Upcoming webinar: Promoting Israel in Australia

  12. A few pics from around the country

  13. Yousef Aljamal Aotearoa NZ tour next month

  14. Palestine poetry competition

  15. Keep spreading the message about the Genocide Hotline!

  16. Important stories from last week

  17. Merchandise for sale

  18. 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 


Israel blocks NZ aid to starving Palestinians

Up to $29 million worth of aid provided by New Zealand is held up on the Gaza border by Israel, says the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.

PSNA says this aid is loaded on some of the 9,000 aid trucks sitting ready to try to lift the Israeli created famine.  Three months ago, Israel cut off all food, medicine, fuel, and nearly all water supplies entering Gaza.

Famine has begun and the UN has cited 14,000 babies at imminent risk of starving to death.  It estimates 600 truckloads of aid a day is necessary to feed the people in Gaza. Gaza’s own food production has been destroyed by Israel.

Some 70 percent of Gaza is already occupied by Israel or under Israeli evacuation orders.

New Zealand Foreign Minister, Winston Peters last week said the humanitarian situation in Gaza is ‘simply intolerable’.

But PSNA Co-Chair, John Minto says that since then, as Israel refused to allow more than a trickle of aid into Gaza, and instead escalated its already horrific military onslaught, Peters’ only public statement has been to offer condolences for the shooting of two Israeli diplomats in Washington.

“Our government’s selective indifference to mass murder is making all of us complicit.”

Minto says New Zealand has taken a lead in the past and must do so again.

“Our government should be advocating internationally for the enforcement of a protective no-fly zone over Gaza, and a multinational military protection for aid convoys so they can go into Gaza whether Israel approves them or not.”

“At home we should be sending Israel an equally clear message.  We must send the Israeli ambassador packing and immediately sanction Israel by ending all trade and other links,” Minto says.

“As each day passes with no concrete action from New Zealand, our government is linking us with the most massive and ongoing war crime of the 21st century.”

“Our government will never live down it’s complicity but might salvage some credibility by acting now.”

John Minto
Co-National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa


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. 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.vandemolen@parliament.govt.nz; Simon.Watts@parliament.govt.nz; Catherine.Wedd@parliament.govt.nz; vanessa.weenink@parliament.govt.nz; Nicola.Willis@parliament.govt.nzWinston.Peters@parliament.govt.nz; jamie.arbuckle@parliament.govt.nz; casey.costello@parliament.govt.nz; shane.jones@parliament.govt.nz; jenny.marcroft@parliament.govt.nz; jenny.marcroft@parliament.govt.nz; mark.patterson@parliament.govt.nz; tanya.unkovich@parliament.govt.nz; Andy.foster@parliament.govt.nz; david.seymour@parliament.govt.nz; Brooke.Vanvelden@parliament.govt.nz; Nicole.McKee@parliament.govt.nz;

Todd.Stephenson@parliament.govt.nz; Andrew.Hoggard@parliament.govt.nz;

Karen.Chhour@parliament.govt.nz; Mark.Cameron@parliament.govt.nz;

Simon.Court@parliament.govt.nz; Parmjeet.Parmar@parliament.govt.nz;

Laura.Trask@parliament.govt.nz; Cameron.Luxton@parliament.govt.nz

To All Government MPs:

Will your political legacy be complicity with the most horrendous war crimes of the 21st Century?

After almost three months of Israel’s total blockade of food, water, fuel and medical supplies into Gaza your government finally spoke out last week to say the situation is ‘simply intolerable’.

But, as for the past 18 months, your government has not uttered a single word of condemnation of Israel for its blatant war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Holocaust was the defining human rights issue of the 20th century.

Palestine in the defining human rights issue of the 21st century.

Will your political legacy be complicity with the most horrendous war crimes of the 21st Century?

Palestine needs New Zealand condemnation of Israeli war crimes such as deliberately starving a civilian population. It needs a no-fly zone over Occupied Gaza to prevent further industrial scale killing of civilians. And it needs sanctions against Israel – send the Israeli ambassador home.

Please respond urgently and without meaningless platitudes.

<Your name>


Meeting National MP Dana Fitzpatrick

National MP Dana Fitzpatrick on the left in blue

Palestine solidarity supporters me with Dana Fitzpatrick in a local Gisborne café this week to encourage her to support the Green Party’s “Unlawful Occupation of Palestine” sanctions bill while would apply sanctions to Israel for its horrendous war crimes in Occupied Gaza.

The bill is a modest start to sanctioning Israel for its genocide in Gaza.

This is part of a nationwide effort to encourage all National MPs to finally sanction Israel by supporting the Green Party’s bill.

The Gisborne group report that:

“Ms Kirkpatrick fell short of accepting genocide is occurring, but agreed the situation in Gaza is dire. She seemed agreeable to taking the word of credible, neutral organisations – like Amnesty International, like Doctors Without Borders, like the International Court of Justice, on this point.

Even so, the most Ms Kirkpatrick promised was to take our message back to her colleagues. She was frank that she would not support the Bill: government foreign policy, she explained, is not made on the strength of private members’ Bills.

Government foreign policy to date on Israel’s 17-month-long genocide amounts to precisely nothing. A solitary travel ban on the worst culprits inciting hatred and violence in the West Bank.

As real as the genocide in Gaza, is the fact that Israel will not stop until it is made to stop. Until the international community treats it like the pariah state it has become.

It is not as if sanctions against Israel would conflict with New Zealand’s position: we are, after all, party to the Geneva Convention on genocide. Only last September, New Zealand ratified a United Nations General Assembly resolution holding Israel’s occupation of Palestine to be unlawful, and calling on member states to use their leverage to bring it to an end.

Sanctions would simply give effect to this policy. To say, at a time Israel has killed the equivalent of every man, woman and child in Te Tairāwhiti, enough is enough. End the madness.

Law without enforcement is toothless. Palestinian genocide apart, enforcing international humanitarian law is indisputably in New Zealand’s best interests.

Dana feels like she cannot support the Bill. We disagree. We believe we share common values. That she can make a difference. That the time for action is NOW.


Invercargill make successful presentation to their city council

Dr Anna Palliser and Alistair Smith present for Palestine

Big congratulations to Invercargill!

Invercargill supporters this afternoon won a commitment for a council staff report on changing their procurement policy to exclude companies complicit in illegal Israeli settlements. The report will come to a future council meeting for a final vote.

It was a great presentation and they handled the questions really well. You can watch the livestream of the presentation at the start of the meeting here:

https://www.youtube.com/invercargillcitycouncil

Supporters packed the public gallery and gathered outside after the presentation.

And here is how it was reported in the Otago Daily Times:


More Government Double Standards on Palestine as it Greenlights Escalating Genocide

Maher Nazzal

The Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa is accusing Foreign Minister, Winston Peters of blatant double standards and giving Israel the green-light for its escalating
attacks on Gaza.

PSNA Co-Chair, Maher Nazzal says Peters publicly deplored the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staff in Washington last week, yet he kept silent on the killing of nine Palestinian children of the Al Najjar family in Khan Younis in a single Israeli airstrike just two days later.

Late last week, Peters expressed his sympathy to the Israeli government, tweeting on behalf of the New Zealand government ‘Our thoughts are with their loved ones’.

Nazzal says months go by in Gaza without a word of objection from Peters that Israel is still starving the whole population in Gaza and carpet bombing them.

“Just over a week ago, top genocide scholars from around the world were unanimous in assessing Israel’s actions amount to genocide.”

“Mr Peters’ sympathies are, at least, consistent. He has sided with Israel from day one to the present.”

“I suspect Peters is letting his prejudices run amok as his term in office runs out,” Nazzal says. “Surely many, if not most, government MPs will be sickened by his sympathy towards representatives of the Israeli government, and mostly silence on the deaths of innocent Palestinians.”

Nazzal says PSNA reiterates its call for New Zealand to impose wide-ranging and immediate sanctions on Israel.

“Israel has been happy to ignore the half-heated and pro-forma posturing by western governments over the past 19 months. Tel Aviv will interpret Peters’ tweet as a subtle but clear diplomatic signal that its ok by Winston Peters that it can escalate its carnage in Gaza.”

Maher Nazzal
Co-Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa


Upcoming webinar: Promoting Israel in Australia

You can register for the webinar here: https://events.humanitix.com/promoting-israel-in-australia


“Medics under Fire” – still withheld

The BBC is cowering under pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and refusing to screen a documentary they made showing Israel’s relentless campaign to target Gaza’s hospitals and medical workers.

Over 600 prominent figures are calling for release of Gaza: Medics Under Fire.

Tell the BBC: stop delaying the documentary – broadcast it now! You can sign the petition here 

In the meantime you can see Middle East Eye’s video covering the same issue here


Quotes of the week

“In Gaza, there are dozens of “Napalm Girl” moments each day, and they don’t come filtered through distant photo wires or delayed coverage. They come live. … Burned children, screaming fathers, headless infants – these images are not just real, they are relentless.”

“The images from Gaza are not less powerful than the Napalm Girl – they are just less politically useful to those in power.”

Jehad Abusalim; Executive Director, Institute for Palestine Studies-USA


Norwegian unions take comprehensive BDS actions against Israel

A total boycott of Israel called for by the Norwegian union movement.

See the video link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsiezZ9W9JA


Letter in the Press this week


A few pics from around the country this week

Protest outside Auckland’s Millenium Hotel against Israeli company Checkpoint Technologies here to sell cyber security services to New Zealand companies

Falastin Tea Collective protest in Wellington

Falastin Tea Collective protest in Wellington

Falastin Tea Collective protest in Wellington

Falastin Tea Collective protest in Wellington


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 addressm.webbpullman.poetry.award@gmail.com

Subject: Mercedes Webb-Pullman Poetry Award 2024 - RESISTANCE


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

  • Israel’s aid plan for Gaza is a key part of its strategy to expel Palestinians here

  • Israeli Officials Explain Balancing Act Between Overt Genocide And Maintaining Western Support here

  • Arming Israel Through Genocide: Campaigners Take UK to Court here

  • Exterminating Gaza was always Israel’s plan but now it’s official here

  • Israel has already lost the Gaza war. It just doesn't know it yet here

Other stories

  • Tell EU officials: keep up the pressure on Israel -- suspend the EU Israel trade agreement NOW  here

  • Ireland's deputy leader issues stunning rebuke of 'genocidal' Israel here

  • Israel Expands Ethnic Cleansing Operations in Khan Younis here

  • Microsoft Bans the Word “Palestine” in Internal Emails here

  • Take action against Microsoft here

  • Theroux's film on Israel's violent settlers was a mirror. Resist the calls to look away here

  • Challenging Israeli hasbara (propaganda) and conventional wisdom on Palestine is an anti-colonial framing here

  • Trump’s Useful Idiots here

  • Hamas and U.S. Reach Gaza Ceasefire “Understanding”—Israel Rejects It, U.S. Envoy Publicly Blames Hamas here

  • Israeli Officer Says 'Nearly Every' IDF Platoon Has Used Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza here

  • Israel’s Total Occupation of Gaza here

  • Gabor Maté, Chris Hedges & Aaron Maté on 'Palestine: The Moral Issue of Our Time' here

  • Amnesty International: Norway divestment policy a crucial step towards dismantling Israel’s unlawful occupation here

  • Israel’s final solution for Palestine 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…

So frustrated at being unable to remove boycott SodaStream stickers Spitfire Square Woolworths in Ōtautahi have taken to covering them with red stickers – the hassle factor here is working…

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

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.


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

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

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

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

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

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

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


PSNA Groups

PSNA National Committee

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

Regional Groups

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