The Liberal Agenda – Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa Activist Diary

Here are the events over the coming week(s).

• Every week day – Sign holding at the US Consulate @ 3:00 pm and then at Te Komititanga Britomart Square – 4:00 – 5:00 pm
• Wednesday 19 March – Talking about Palestine at University of Auckland
• Thursday 20 March – Film – No Other Land on Waiheke Island – Check out Waiheke Island Cinema’s website
• Every Saturday – Information Stall on Waiheke @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Every Saturday – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Note – times can change)
• Saturday 22 March – Creative Platform @ 2:00 pm at Te Komititanga Square Britomart
• Saturday 22 March – Convoys of Good Registered Charity Iftar fundraising @ 6:45 pm
• Sunday 23 March – 10km Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimages , organised by Christians for Peace in Palestine, are underway in Tamaki Makaurau
• Monday 24 March – Zoom Planning meeting@ 7:00 pm
• Wednesday 26 March – Slow walk through the viaduct for Israel Apartheid week. @ 12:00 mid day.
• Every Saturday – Information Stall on Waiheke @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Every Saturday – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm (Note – times can change)
• Saturday 29 Slow Walk – March of Return/Land Day – Start at the Palestine Corner in Te Komititanga Britomart Square @ 2:00 pm
• Monday 31 March or Tuesday 1 April – Eid Day at Eden Park from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (gates open at 8:00 for Prayers starting at 9:00 am)
• Saturday April 5 – Palestinian Childrens day

Please Scroll down for more details of each of the events above.

To view PSNA events around Aotearoa:

• Go to the PSNA Homepage – www.PSNA.nz
• Scroll down to the button “CLICK THIS BUTTON TO GO TO THE PSNA FACEBOOK EVENTS PAGE – CHECK BACK OFTEN FOR UPDATES”
• Click the button
• Check back on Friday for any moves, adds or changes

Again, there are more than 25 events/rallies around the country over this week.

• 3:00 pm @ the US Consulate on Customs Street East
• 4:00 pm @ Te Komititanga Square Britomart

• Every Saturday
• 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Ostend Market, Waiheke Island

It is great to see the level of support the team receives from motorists and passing public to the banners. There are very few Pro Israel Genocide supporters who pass by.

Banners are on:

• Saturday March 15
• 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Text John on 021 899 659 for more details

• Saturday 22 March
• Start at 2:00 pm (note – Time may change due to Ramadan. Check the PSNA Facebook events page for details next week)
• Finish at 3:00 pm
• Te Komititangs Square – Britomart

We are very excited to announce that Convoys of Good is now officially a registered charity in New Zealand, Alhamdulellah. The timing couldn’t be better as we prepare to host our second fundraising Iftar/Dinner on Saturday, 22nd March 2025.

The event will be similar to last year’s, and we would love for you to join us.

We will be raising funds to feed 500 families in Gaza, and your support will make a difference.

Agenda for the night:

• 6:45 PM: Doors open
• 7:00 PM: Welcome and official opening with keynote speaker
• 7:30 PM: Adhan, prayer, and Iftar dinner
• 8:30 PM: Dessert and quiz
• 9:00 PM: Auction
• 9:45 PM: Wrap-up and closing

Please click on this link to purchase your tickets, or make a donation if you are unable to attend.

Following the open letter handover, groups in Tāmaki Makaurau, Pōneke, and Ōtautahi, organized by Aotearoa Christians for Peace in Palestine – walked/wheeled/rode a 10km prayer pilgrimage as part of the ongoing Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage movement. The 10kms is symbolic of the distance between Bethlehem and Jerusalem (in the Holy Land) and the many Israeli checkpoints set up along the way. Our final destinations were our respective International Airports arrivals gates, in the hopes and prayers of being able to welcome reuniting families soon. See the open letter link above for more on this significant connection.

These 10km pilgrimages will continue to take place in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) once a week until Thursday 17th April, the day before Good Friday.

See event here.

This coming week it is:

• Monday 24 March
• 7:00 pm
• Email Secretary@PSNA.nz for meeting details

Please join us if you want to be involved in planning and organising events in Tamaki Makaurau.

Bring ideas of actions and events.

We will detail Israeli apartheid and call on people to speak up for Palestine.

It is also Land day.

This year, we will Gather at Te Komititanga Square – Britomart and then do a slow want into the Viaduct to show our support for Palestine.

Details:

• Saturday 29 March
• 2:00 pm
• Gather at the Palestine Corner in Te Komititanga Square – Britomart at 2:00 pm sharp.
• Leave to walk to the Viaduct at 2:15 pm
• We should be back in TK square by 3:00 pm.

Remember our next big five BDS targets for Aotearoa New Zealand?

• Sodastream
• Ahava skin care products
• HP (Hewlett-Packard)
• BP and Caltex
• McDonalds

The next Target for BDS in Aotearoa is Sodastream.

There are a number of Boycott apps you can load onto your phone to make Boycotting products easier:

BoyCat

• https://bdsmovement.net/BDS-Has-Partnered-With-Boycat-App

Halal Kiwi

• https://halalkiwi.com/

No Thanks

• Google Play
• Apple

Editor’s picks

• A Hamas official speaks on Gaza ceasefire & the next war with Israel, Basem Naim, here (video)
• 20,000 Palestinian children orphaned in Gaza here
• In the West Bank, Trump is giving Netanyahu a free hand to blow up the region here
• Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank here
• Remarkable exchange between Genocide Joe and Genocide Netanyahu admitting genocide here
• Role of Google in Genocide here
• Role of Microsoft in Genocide here

• Gaza protest: How Starmer and the Met have joined forces to quash all dissent here
• Palestinian joy is a direct challenge to those who would rule over us. And it cannot be contained
• here
• Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s “Defeat” in Gaza, Saudi Normalization, and the War on the West Bank here (video)
• Anti-Semitism ‘Rise’ obscures more slaughter in Gaza here
• NZ Palestine network co-founder Janfrie Wakim praises heroic Gaza calls for more action here
• Palestinian Authority’s Jenin Invasion Amid Gaza Ceasefire here (Al Shabaka podcast)
• Yara Hawari and Mondoweiss’s Yumna Patel break down the latest developments in Jenin and across the West Bank within the context of the Israeli genocide in Gaza and recent ceasefire. This is the first episode of a three-part collaboration series between Al-Shabaka and Mondoweiss.
• Listen here on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
• Francesca Albanese on ‘Chronicling’ 16 Months of Genocide here
• Stefanik Backs Far-Right Israeli Push for West Bank Control at Confirmation Hearing here
• Standing for decency – the sermon the President didn’t want to hear here
• Climate crisis – the carbon footprint of the Gaza genocide here
• Palestinians return home to Gaza ashes – if we want peace face the truth here
• Israel has ramped up occupied West Bank raids to distract from ceasefire says analyst here
• Gaza – western media complicit with genocide here
• Marwan Barghouti – the world’s most important hostage must be freed here
• Gaza ceasefire – RSF calls for open borders for journalists and an end to impunity for Israeli war crimes here
• Spectacular failure over Hamas an embarrassment for Netanyahu here
• Netanyahu’s war on Hamas backfires as Gaza resistance holds strong here
• Delay in Gaza ceasefire as Israel kills 19 to daunt people celebrating here
• Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a Gaza ceasefire here
• John Minto: the triumph of the human spirit here
• Gaza protesters welcome ceasefire but will fight on for justice here
• Chris Hedges on the Gaza ceasefire charade here
• Trump cancels sanctions on Israeli settlers in West Bank here
• How Zionism’s obsession with ‘total victory’ will destroy Israel here
• Gaza ceasefire: How Israel’s colossal failure could reshape the global order here

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)
16-18 Sept           40th anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacres
28 Sept                 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

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)