Protests in 24 centres across the country – from Opononi to Invercargill – call for government action on Palestine
Protests in 24 centres across the country this weekend will call out the anti-Palestinian racism and cowardly fealty to the US/Israel which drives the Luxon government’s policy on Gaza
Protests in solidarity with Palestine will take place in 24 centres across the country this weekend – from Opononi in the far north to Invercargill in the far south.
The protests will call out the hypocrisy and double standards in the Luxon government policy towards the war on Gaza.
For example last week the government issued a joint statement with Australia and Canada which:
- Condemns Hamas for the October 7th attack on Israel (but refuses to condemn Israel’s 76-year campaign of brutality, persecution and apartheid against Palestinians)
- Condemns Iran’s attack against Israel of April 13-14 (but refuses to even acknowledge the Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria which provoked Iran’s action)
- Calls on Iran to “refrain from further destabilizing actions in the Middle East” (but makes no such call on Israel which has been working hard to provoke a wider war)
- Demands that Iran “and its affiliated groups, including Hizballah, cease their attacks” (but no demand for Israel to do the same)
- Condemns the “Houthis’ ongoing reckless acts, including their indiscriminate drone attack in Tel Aviv and ongoing attacks on international shipping” (without any criticism of Israel for its genocidal attacks on Palestinians in Gaza which provoked the Houthi actions)
- Describes Hizballah as a terrorist group when it is not designated as such by the New Zealand government
Needless to say there is no condemnation of Israel for any of its appalling war crimes. The government’s joint statement is a propaganda screed on behalf of a rogue state and its leadership of genocidal war criminals.
Around the country this weekend New Zealanders will be out in their thousands to call out the government and demand action based on the International Court of Justice ruling that Israel is an apartheid state in illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.
The details of the protests this weekend are on the PSNA Facebook events page here. Basic details are below.
John Minto
National Chair
Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa
0220850161
North Island
Opononi – Gathering for Palestine
Sunday 4 August
1:30 pm
Outside the Four Square, Opononi
Kerikeri – Rally
Saturday 3 August
9:00 am
Kerikeri roundabout, State highway 10
Whangarei – Rally
No Rally this weekend
Auckland Picket – MFAT
Friday 2 August
12:00 noon
MFAT – 139 Quay St, Auckland
Auckland –Banners around Tamaki Makaurau
Saturday 3 August
10:00 – 1:00 pm
At National AGM – Due Drops Event Center – 770 Great South Road, Manukau, Auckland
Text Steve for details (dependant on wind speeds)
Auckland – Rally and March
Sunday 4 August
2:00 pm
Te Komititanga – Britomart Square
Thames – Monthly Vigil (by The Basket – Social and Environmental Justice – Hauraki)
First Saturday of the month – Saturday 3 August
10:00 am – 12:00 noon
Thames Market, 700 Pollen Street, Thames
Tauranga – Vigil
Sunday 4 August
11:00 am
Vigil outside Tauranga Hospital, Cameron Road
Hamilton – Rally
Saturday 3 August
1:00 pm
Civic Square, Hamilton
Cambridge Rally
Saturday 3 August
11:00 am
Cambridge Town Hall
Gisborne – Farmers Market
Every Saturday at the Farmers Market
Saturday 3 August
9:30 – 11:30 am
Gisborne Farmers Market
Rotorua – Rally
Thursday 1 July
4:00 pm
Rotorua Lakes Council, Haupapa Street (Sir Howard Morrison Corner)
Napier – Rally
Saturday 3 August
11:30 am
Marine Parade Soundshell Roundabout
Hastings – Rally
Sunday 4 August
1:00 pm
Hastings Town Clock – Hastings CBD
Palmerston North – Rally
Sunday 4 August
2:00 pm
The Square, Palmerston North
New Plymouth – Flags on the Bridge
Friday 2 August
4:30 pm
Paynters Ave Bridge
New Plymouth – Rally
Saturday 3 August
1:00 pm
The Landing, 1 Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Whanganui – Rally
Saturday 3 August
11:00 am
Riverside Market, Whanganui
Carterton – Vigil
Every Tuesday
12:00 midday
Memorial Square.
Martinborough – Gathering for Palestine
Every Wednesday
11:00 am
The square at the top of Kitchener St, Martinborough
Masterton – Vigil
Every Sunday
9:30 am
Town Hall Lawn
Featherston – Vigil
Every Saturday
11:00 am
The Squircle (opposite the op shop).
Wellington – Flags (by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Every Friday
7:15 – 8:15 am
Hill Street bridge Overbridge, Wellington
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 – Rally (by the Falastin Tea Collective)
Saturday 3 August
1:00 pm
Te Aro park across from The Opera House (changes weekly)
Please see Instagram account @falastin_tea_collective for updates.
South Island
Nelson – Rally
Saturday 3 August
10:30 am
1903 Square, Upper Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Blenheim – Rally
Saturday 3 August
11:00 am
Blenheim Railway Station
Christchurch – Rally
Saturday 3 August
1:00 pm
Bridge of Remembrance, Cashel Street, Christchurch
Timaru
No Rally this weekend
Dunedin – Rally
Saturday 3 August
1:00 pm
Otago Museum Reserve to the Octagon, Dunedin
Queenstown
No Rally this weekend
Invercargill – Rally
Sunday 4 August
1:00 pm
Wachner place Invercargill
Are these rallies Hama’s only events or are they terrorist-wide?
Will see if I can make it but not sure if it will clash with my Taliban (non) reading group or my cake stand to raise funds for new beheading swords for ISIS . .
Well James, since most terrorists, or certainly the terrorists you have mentioned, are Western creations, chances are better than good that you’ll be mistaken for their money bags man should you ever come in contact with such folk. I’ll assume you’ve got a cake stand franchise of some import.
I don’t know any Hamas supporters. But I do know many Palestinians who cannot live in their own country, 75 years of occupation!
Meanwhile “The only Democracy” (TM) in the middle east was busy in the Knesset this week debating the legality and morality of is it OK to rape and sodomize Palestinians with metal poles, cellphones and fire extinguishers, go figure. Also up for debate was it is permissible to shoot Palestinian in the head to prevent prisoner overcrowding.
Every time there is another massacre of helpless civilians i tend to imagine what does a group of 70 men, woman and children look like, exactly how large a group is it?
Oy Vey! never again they say while smiting Palestinians, sickening beyond comprehension.
Yeah – not sure your comments about the Knesset are 100% accurate to be honest (and in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if you have to be ‘supervised’ whenever you attempt to use a knife and fork).
Good old deflection, I guess watching the Knesset on YouTube with the stated comments equates to a cartoon for some people, meaning people only want to see what they want to. Intellectual and moral laziness.
We will all pay the price for this terrible war. I still can’t understand why Israel allowed Hamas over its borders on that awful day. Israel is touted as the most security conscious country in the world, their airport security is next level. The conspiracy part of me thinks the unthinkable and the innocents at the music festival were collateral damage to Netanyahu’s desperate attempt to invade Palestine by any means possible and cause this war. If this war was in the opposite direction and Palestine was bombing innocents what would the western governments do they would be in there boots and all with all the fire power of the west. Israel is provoking the bear outside of its attacks on Palestine it appears they want an all out war in the Middle East. We will end up all paying the price for the atrocities of the old German empire and Israel will not stop until they have wiped Palestine off the face of the earth . Anyone who says it’s not genocide is a fool and unfortunately Netanyahu is the man to carry it out.