Nationwide protests again this week in 20 centres across New Zealand on International Day of Action for Palestine
Nationwide protests again this week in 20 centres across New Zealand
New Zealanders are continuing to protest after almost 100 days of Israeli slaughter of Palestinians – with rallies, marches and vigils in 20 centres across the country this weekend on an Internationals Day of Action for Palestine. (Details are at the end of this advisory)
Israel is killing as many Palestinians each day now as it did in the opening days of the war.
Meanwhile the New Zealand government hides under the dark shadow of the Israeli/US genocide in Gaza.
There is no sign of any moral considerations by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon or Foreign Minister Winston Peters.
Neither have uttered a single word of criticism of Israel but in the last two weeks have met online with the US facilitator of genocide Anthony Blinken, signed up to the US-instigated statement condemning attacks on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea (with no acknowledgement of the reason for the attacks) and condemned North Korea’s transfer of arms to Russia but said nothing about the US transfer of arms to Israel for the apartheid state to continue its slaughter of Palestinians.
The government has also remained silent on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice which began yesterday.
New Zealanders are stepping up where our government is failing the country.
Details of the protest events across the country are on our Facebook event page here (the basic details are below)
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
North Island
Kaikohe – Gathering for Palestine
Thursday 11 January
3:00 pm
Meet at Broadway – At the pedestrian way to the Library and New World carpark
Kerikeri
Saturday 13 January
9:00 am
Main Kerikeri roundabout, on State Highway 10
Whangarei – Rally
Saturday 13 January
11:00 am
Whangārei Town Basin in front of Hundertwasser Building
Auckland – Rally and March
Sunday 14 January
11:00 am
Aotea Square, Queens street
Auckland – Kites in solidarity with Gaza
(Hosted by Palestinian Youth Aotearoa)
Sunday 14 January
3:00 pm
Bastion Point
Tauranga – Rally
Sunday 14 January
12:00 mid-day
Coronation Park, Mount Maunganui
Hamilton – Rally
Saturday 13 January
1:00 pm
End of Wairere Drive and Naylor Street, Hillcrest
Rotorua – Rally
Saturday 13 January
TBA – Check PSNA Facebook events page for details
Napier
Saturday 13 January
11:30 am
Soundshell Round
Hastings – Rally
Sunday 14 January
2:00 pm
Hastings Clock tower – Heretaunga street, Hastings
Palmerston North
Saturday 13 January
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Rally
Saturday 13 January
1:00 pm
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui – Rally
Saturday 13 January
11:00 am
Riverside Market
Wellington
Sunday 14
1:00 pm
US Embassy to the Israeli Embassy
South Island
Nelson – Rally
Saturday 13 January
10:30 am
1903 Square, Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Blenheim
Saturday 13 January
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Christchurch – Flag Waving for Palestine
Friday 12 January
4:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street
Christchurch – Fly a Kite for Gaza and Rally
Saturday 13 January
11:00 am
New Brighton Clock Tower
Timaru
Saturday 13 January
2:30 am
Face of Peace, Caroline Bay, Timaru
Queenstown
Saturday 13 January – No Rally
Wanaka
Saturday 13 January
TBA – Check PSNA Facebook events page for details
Invercargill
Friday 12 January
5:30 pm
Wachner place Invercargill
Western Govt’s. and the gutless EU in particular, support the Israeli butchers with their silence and non action to assist the Palestinians being subjected to genocide and ethnic cleansing. Along with thousands of innocent Palestinian civilians, Journalists, UN and other aid workers and medical staff and Doctors have been blown to bits too.
All power to the millions around the world that have shown solidarity to Palestinians and call for a Ceasefire and Free Gaza.