“Hey Luxon what do you say – how many kids did you kill today?”
Protests across the country today protests in 25 centres will be demanding our government hold Israel to account for its genocidal slaughter of Palestinian children.
While the Prime Minister focuses on literal interpretations of chants used in pro-Palestine protests, the ceaseless slaughter of children in Gaza by the genocidal Israeli regime goes on.
16,000 Palestinian children have been slaughtered so far – that’s the equivalent of all the children in 100 average sized New Zealand primary schools.
Israel bombs these children with weapons made in the US which almost certainly contain parts made by Rakon Industries in Auckland.
When we challenged the government specifically on this earlier in the year in our “letter of demand” the government ignored our questions on Rakon and simply said New Zealand doesn’t export weapons to Israel – end of story!
The Genocide Convention calls on governments to “prevent” genocide but Mr Luxon’s government is ignoring genocide and while the Prime Minister dithers, more Palestinian children are blown to pieces.
The Luxon government has condemned every act of resistance by Palestinians fighting the 76-year illegal occupation of their land but refuses point blank to condemn the genocidal statements of Israeli leaders and genocidal actions of the Israeli military.
We hold the Luxon government complicit in genocide by remaining silent in the face of the wholesale slaughter of Palestinian children.
We also hold New Zealand media bosses responsible for the gross failure to hold Mr Luxon’s government to account for its anti-Palestinian racism and cowardly refusal to condemn Israel.
The details of the protests around the country this weekend are on the PSNA Facebook events page here. Basic details are below.
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
North Island
Opononi – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Sunday 11 August
1:30 pm
Outside the Four Square, Opononi
Kaikohe – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
10:00 am
Meet at Library Car Park
Kerikeri – Rally
TBC
Whangarei – Rally for the Tamariki of Gaza
Saturday 10 August
10:00 am
Town Basin, Whangarei
Auckland picket and Leaflet hand out
Friday 9 August
12:00 noon followed by handing out Rally leaflets
Auckland University Library, Alfred Street, Auckland
Waiheke – Vigil for the Children of Gaza
Saturday 10 August
8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ostend Market, Waiheke Island
Auckland – Big ride for Gaza (hosted by the Progressive Cyclists Movement)
Saturday 10 August
Meet at 11:30 am (to ride at 12:00 noon) – 2:00 pm (joining the Rally at Britomart)
Western Park, Ponsonby Road
Auckland – Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Saturday 10 August
2:00 pm – (note change of time for this week)
Based at the Auckland rally as part of the PSNA Nationwide rallies
Text Steve for details (dependant on wind speeds)
Auckland – Rally and March to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga – Britomart Square
Thames – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
(by The Basket – Social and Environmental Justice – Hauraki)
First Saturday of the month
Tauranga – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Not this weekend
Hamilton – Rally and March to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
TBC
Check the PSNA Facebook events page
Cambridge Rally to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall
Gisborne – Farmers Market – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
Every Saturday
9:30 – 11:30 am
Gisborne Farmers Market
Rotorua – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Every Thursday
4:00 pm
Rotorua Lakes Council, Haupapa Street (Sir Howard Morrison Corner)
Napier – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Sunday 11 August
1:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Sunday 11 August
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Rally and March to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
1:00 pm
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui – Film – Israelism
Friday 16 August
7:30 pm
Davis Lecture Theatre, Watt Street Whanganui
Whanganui – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Carterton – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
Every Tuesday
12:00 midday
Memorial Square.
Martinborough – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough
Masterton – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn
Featherston – Vigil to Stop the war on Children
Every Saturday
11:00 am
The Squircle (opposite the op shop).
Wellington – Vigil for Palestine (by Aotearoa Healthcare Workers for Palestine)
Every Friday
6:00 pm
In front of Wellington Hospital
49 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington
Wellington – Flags on the Bridge
(hosted by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Every Friday
7:45 – 8:45 am
Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington
Wellington – Rally and March to Stop the war on Children Rally
(hosted by Collective groups of Wellington)
Saturday 10 August
2:00 pm
Glover Park to Midland Park, Wellington
South Island
Nelson – Rally
Saturday 10 August
10:30 am
1903 Square, Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Blenheim – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Christchurch – Rally and March to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
1:00 pm
Latimer Square
Timaru – Rally to Stop the war on Children
TBC
Dunedin – Rally and March to Stop the war on Children
Saturday 10 August
1:00 pm
Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin
Queenstown
TBC
Invercargill – Rally to Stop the war on Children
Sunday 11 August
1:00 pm
Tweed Street / Elles Road Corner, Invercargill
That heading referencing Luxon killing children is bad taste, and possibly inflammatory to dumbos.
Running protests in New Zealand is not saving children in Gaza.
3.2.1 and here’s the genocidal enabler pretending to be a Zionist, Oh wait!
Kind of rich scaby since Ive lost count of your lies.
Minti, goin to wake up the Kiwi.
I am a supporter of Palestinians (not Hamas), but you have lost me with that childish chart about Luxon killing children
The leader of every Western Nation that has done nothing about the deaths of thousands of children is complicit so it is quite right that it says ‘how many kids did you kill today’ he and only he in our nation could be calling out about this. But he incapable of it because the Yanks haven’t said anything.
Pointless appealing to a government that is subservient to US foreign policy. Just as pointless to appeal to NZ media whom are subservient to government on international matters.
You can’t appeal to crooked people full stop. You can only attempt to expose this corruption. One way to do that is to expose the inaction of the opposition. Why don’t we light a fire under their asses by branding them in the same light as the mob in power. They are just as complicit – especially the new Greenie figurehead whatshername. Do the Greens really represent the people or are they just b/s artists also. Put em to the test!
Bottom line being, nothing has changed – despite the many appeals – gotta try something different!
Huge carpet being delivered to government house so Luxon can sweep our very own child abuse under it when he moves in .
Gordon walker Don’t blame Luxon for New Zealand’s child abuse, blame the New Zealand abusers. Don’t listen to Davidson either, when she blames violence on white heterosexual males, that’s another racist sexist lie. Chanting Luxon kills children is another lie, and it sickly externalises a tragedy which cannot be attributed to him.
He is indeed complicit in these killings! He is the leader of a Western nation that has not called out the carnage that Israel has done to Gaza. Only he could make the real difference.
Luxon should appoint Sam as minister of child abuse ,after all he has had first hand experience of how it works .
Nate and Gaby belong at the Jerusalem post, but i guess their comments would get lost in the sea of hatred in that cesspool so they come here to be relevant.