Christopher Luxon condemns the mosque killings but excuses the wholesale slaughter of Palestinians
Needless to say protests continue around the country today against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and the government’s ongoing complicity of silence with the most appalling of all war crimes.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke eloquently yesterday about the murder of 51 Muslims in Christchurch five years ago – six of whom were Palestinian New Zealanders – but has provided only meaningless mumbles of concern for the wholesale slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
Details of the protests against the government and its racist anti-Palestinian policies are on our Facebook event page here
North Island
Opononi – Gathering for Palestine
Sunday 17 March
5:00 pm
Outside the Four Square, Opononi
Kerikeri, Bay of Islands – Rally
Saturday 16 March
9:00 – 11:00 am
Kerikeri roundabout, State highway 10
Whangarei – Rally
Saturday 16 March
10:00 am
Whangārei Town Basin in front of Hundertwasser Building
Auckland – Picket at MFAT
Friday 15 March
12:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Complicity in Apartheid
139 Quay Street, Auckland Central
Auckland – Rally
Sunday 17 March
11:00 am
Te Komititanga Square – Britomart
Auckland – Banners over Bridges
Saturday 16 or Sunday 17 March
Wind speed dependant
1:30 pm
Text Steve on 021 256 511 For details
Tauranga – Rally
Sunday 17 March
11:00 am
Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui
Hamilton – Walled Off Talk
Thursday 14 March
6:30 – 7:30 pm
Waikato University
Please register – https://m.facebook.com/events/
Hamilton – Rally
Saturday 16 March
1:00 pm
End of Wairere Drive and Naylor Street, Hillcrest
Rotorua – Flag Waving for Todd McClay
Thursday 15 March
4:00 pm
National MP Todd McClay’s Office – 1301 Amohau St, Rotorua
Napier Rally
Saturday 16 March
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings Rally
Sunday 17 March
2:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North
Sunday 17 March
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Stand at WOMAD
Friday 15 March
4:00 pm
Entrance A and B of WOMAD
New Plymouth – Rally
Saturday 16 March
11:00 am
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui – Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage
Saturday 16 March
5:00 am start – 5:00 pm end
Gather at St Luke’s, 34 Manuka St, Castlecliff, Whanganui
Round trip from St Lukes, Pākaitore Te Ao Hou marae, St Mary’s Upokongaro, Te Ao Hou marae back to St Lukes. Join in along the way
See event details here – https://actionnetwork.org/
Whanganui – Rally
Saturday 16 March
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Martinborough – Gathering for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough
South Island
Nelson – Rally
Check out the Te Tau Ihu Palestine Solidarity Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/
Blenheim
Saturday 16 March
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Christchurch – Rally
Saturday 16 March
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Dunedin
Check out the PSNA Facebook page later in the week
And – http://instagram.com/
Invercargill
Friday 15 March
5:30 pm
Wachner place Invercargill
You should post notice of these protests earlier than upon the on the day they are scheduled.
I suggest signing up to the PSNA mailing list.
Very true John, really makes you think- especially when we recognize that Brenton Tarrant did not exist in a vacuum. His hateful actions, like those of the Israel Institute of New Zealand and similar groups, were rooted in the zionist ‘counterjihad’ ideology of hatred and murder towards Muslims.
Indeed, Tarrant was directly inspired by the zionist Baruch Goldstein, who after moving from America to ‘israel’ to illegally invade Palestinian land murdered 29 worshippers and injured 125 more at the al-Ibrahimi mosque. Goldstein is very widely celebrated by zionists like Tarrant. The zionist regime in occupied Palestine massacred even more Palestinians protesting Goldstein’s actions, and has since stolen large parts of the mosque to use for a fake jewish temple.
Luxon is completely fine with all that, of course.
Islam is only considered a race because of critical race theory and i reject both. Islam is a religion and as an atheist, I will not stand with it.
You can’t logically expect anyone to respect your right not to believe in any religion if you do not recognise their right to believe in a religion. When whatever belief that is held causes harm to others then that needs to be condemned & subject to suitable laws however true freedom has to include faith or it is not really freedom. While I disagree with many mainstream Christian ideas taught, I still respect people’s right to believe them provided they respect my right to share what I believe is true with its evidence.
I disagree even more with Islam etc but still respect people’s right to choose it.
The Saturday parade of useful idiots is in decline. Perhaps they have got educated.