Author: John Minto

Condemn Israeli bombing of Gaza and
Call for lifting of the Israeli blockade on the besieged Palestinian enclave

It’s very fashionable for the middle class to roll their eyes and shake their heads at the lunatic ideas out there about Covid 19 and the local expression of conspiracy theories about the virus through the New Zealand Public Party.

Below is the final report of the Alternative Aotearoa Seminar held in Wellington on 25 July 2020

Mainstream media have always pumped up corporate voices to crowd out alternatives and this last week they have been at it harder than usual.

The day is shaping up extremely well with all the key positions/roles sorted and just waiting to hear back from some organisations to confirm their speakers.

As Nobel Peace prize winner and South African Archbishop, Desmond Tutu, says “we should name it apartheid and boycott”

While the world is speaking out in condemnation of Israeli plans to annex vast swathes of Palestinian land in the Occupied Palestinian Territories the New Zealand government’s silence is deafening.

Most of us are used to councils coming up with proposals to shift the cost of council services onto the poor but today’s water charging proposal from Christchurch City Council takes abuse of people on low incomes to another level. It’s unbelievable. 

Our OIA request comes after revelations thousands of US police from numerous cities have been trained in Israel in policing and crowd control methods used against Palestinians.

PSNA has written to the Prime Minister urging the government to reject Israeli participation in a proposed international Covid 19 “travel bubble” until Palestinians are able to join the bubble as equals.