The past week has seen heart-breaking images of death and destruction in Gaza while our government wrings its hands impotently.

Palestinians have suffered over 70 years of racism, apartheid and unbridled brutality at the hands of the Israeli regime. That is the problem. Rockets from Gaza into Israel are a symptom response to decades of Israeli expulsions, violence, land grabbing and apartheid and yet our politicians and media more often than not portray the issue as the “terrorist group Hamas fires rockets at Israel and Israel retaliates in self-defence”. Countries like ourselves, the US, Canada, Australia and the UK typically justify Israeli brutality rather than hold Israel to account.

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This newsletter has a call to action - Email Minister of Foreign Affairs - "Israeli policies towards Palestinians are Apartheid policies"

It also has proposed national tour dates for our National Committee Chair, John Minto, based on the Apartheid South African tour of New Zealand in 1981. This time we will be supporting Palestinian Human Rights rather than Racism.

A number of centers have already expressed interest in holding a rally in their center.

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This newsletter has a call to action - Email the Human Rights Commissioner and ask him Not to propose adopting the, Internationally recognised as being Flawed, IHRA Working definition fo anti-Semitiism. That he should consider the new Jerusalem Declaration of anti-Semitism instead.

It also has proposed national tour dates for our National Committee Chair, John Minto, based on the Apartheid South African tour of New Zealand in 1981. This time we will be supporting Palestinian Human Rights rather than Racism.

A number of centers have already expressed interest in holding a rally in their center.

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This newsletter has a call to action as well as acknowledging the Very Successful National Conference held in Auckland over the weekend 27/28 March 2021.

It also has proposed national tour dates for our National Committee Chair, John Minto, based on the Apartheid South African tour of New Zealand in 1981. We intend to mirror that tour with a tour of New Zealand supporting Palestyinian Human Rights.

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